PESHAWAR: Mansehra Assistant Commissioner (AC) Adil Waseem was injured on Saturday when unknown gunmen opened fire at his official vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, officials said.
Muhammad Asim, the spokesperson of Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital, said Waseem was “stable” and was receiving medical treatment.
Waseem came under attack in Nowshera’s Panah Kot area while on his way back from his native village Saleh Khana in the district, police officials in Nowshera said.
He sustained injuries and was immediately taken to the hospital.
According to Nowshera District Police Officer (DPO) Sonia Shamroz, the area was immediately cordoned off and a search operation was launched. She added that a team has been constituted to arrest those behind the attack.
DPO Shamroz further said a case has been registered and investigation into the incident was under way.
KP has been witnessing increased terrorist attacks and security challenges in recent years, including attacks on law enforcement personnel and officials.
According to a recent report by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, Pakistan recorded a sharp 83 per cent increase in violence-linked fatalities during the third quarter of 2026, reversing a declining trend reported in the first and second quarters.
KP and Balochistan remained the epicentres of violence, jointly accounting for 98pc of all fatalities during the period. Balochistan recorded 829 deaths, nearly 59pc of the national total, while KP reported 556 fatalities, accounting for more than 39pc.
On Thursday night, a cop was martyred after terrorists attacked a police post in Bajaur district’s Barang tehsil.
Last week, four policemen, including a Counter-Terrorism Department official and a station house officer, were martyred while two terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire in the Karak district.
In December 2025, Miranshah AC Shah Wali was among four martyred after the official’s vehicle came under attack in Bannu. In July that year, Nawagai subdivision AC Faisal Ismail and four others lost their lives in an explosion targeting a government vehicle in Bajaur.
