Adil Shahid is one of three Dutch-Pakistani brothers, who, along with Sajeel Shahid and Sohail Shahid, was kept in detention for a long period by Pakistani authorities.

When the US found them useless they were handed over to the Dutch government. They now live in the Netherlands as free citizens.

Sohail Shahid was chairman of the Software Control Board and Adil Shahid was a software advisor in the Pakistani armed forces. As Sajeel Shahid ran a madrassa , they all landed in trouble.