ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) on Wednesday confirmed the disappearance of two national boxers in Birmingham, just days after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games, local media reported.
Geo News reported that the Pakistan Olympic Association has formed a four-member committee to investigate how Suleman Baloch and Nazeerullah Khan had disappeared after the Games.
Secretary PBF Nasir Tang told Pakistan’s Dawn.com Baloch and Khan went missing a few hours before the team’s departure for Islamabad.
The travel documents of both boxers are with the PBF officials, he said, adding that the British government and police had been informed about the disappearance.
“We have seized the documents of the duo under the standard operating procedure,” Tang said, and he hoped the athletes would be found soon.
This was a good year for Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games as javelin athlete Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal and became the first Pakistan to achieve the feat.
Nadeem snatched the title in a fifth-round throw of 90.18 meters, breaking a new record at the Games where he now holds the title of the biggest throw recorded by a South Asian athlete.
Pakistan won a total of eight medals at this year’s Games.
