Pakistani boxer Qudratullah, who represented the country at the Commonwealth Games 2026, has reportedly gone missing around six hours before the national contingent was due to depart for home.
Sources in the Pakistan Boxing Federation confirmed the disappearance to Geo News, saying the athlete was last seen in his hotel room at around 2am.
The team was scheduled to assemble in the hotel lobby at 9am before departing for Pakistan. However, when officials checked Qudratullah’s room, he was no longer there, the sources said.
The boxer’s passport and return ticket remain in the custody of the team manager, they said.
Last year, another promising boxer, Zohaib, went missing during an international tour of Italy. On an earlier occasion, another member of the national boxing squad had also reportedly disappeared while abroad.
Pakistan’s 21-member contingent concluded its 2026 Commonwealth Games campaign with just one medal after boxer Fatima Zahra secured the country’s only podium finish by claiming bronze in the women’s 60kg event — one of the nation’s poorest performances in the tournament’s history.
The result represents Pakistan’s lowest medal tally since the 1998 Commonwealth Games, when the country won one silver medal.
The national contingent had previously failed to win any medal at the 1990 edition, making Glasgow 2026 Pakistan’s worst Commonwealth Games campaign in the past 36 years.
Fatima’s achievement was a historic one as she became the first Pakistani female boxer to win a Commonwealth Games medal. In recognition of her accomplishment, she was also selected to carry Pakistan’s flag during the closing ceremony.
Pakistan’s biggest medal hopes rested on Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem, who had served as the country’s flagbearer at the opening ceremony. However, he could not secure a medal.
