After the Commonwealth Games 2022, two Pakistani boxers have gone missing in Birmingham, according to the national federation, which made the announcement on Wednesday.

Boxers Suleman Baloch and Nazeerullah disappeared a few hours before the squad left for Islamabad, according to Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) secretary Nasir Tang, Birmingham citizens reacts DK Bose.

The Birmingham CWG ended on Monday. "The travel documents, including their passports, are still with federation officials who accompanied the boxing team to the games," Tang said. 

He said that Suleman and Nazeerullah's disappearance had been reported to the appropriate London authorities as well as the Pakistan High Commission in the UK.

According to Tang, the missing boxers' paperwork was kept in accordance with the usual operational process for all sportsmen travelling from Pakistan.

A four-person committee has been established by the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to look into the case of the missing boxers.

Koo App Two Pakistani boxers, Suleman Baloch and Nazeer Ullah Khan have gone missing in England after their participation in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. It is reported that the two boxers disappeared from the Birmingham airport. View attached media content - Satyaagrah (@SatyaagrahIndia) 11 Aug 2022

Pakistan finished the Commonwealth Games with eight medals, including two gold, earned in weightlifting and the javelin throw, but no medals in the boxing tournament.

Two months had passed since the national swimmer Faizan Akbar vanished while competing in the FINA World Championships in Hungary before the boxers went missing.

Akbar, however, skipped the competition entirely and vanished with his passport and other important paperwork hours after arriving in Budapest. Since June, no one could find him.

Netizen's Reactions

Aghori  @ImmortalMonk_ replying to @AsianetNewsEN, "Birmingham's citizen after knowing that missing boxers are Pakistani."

𝕸𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖍_𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝔂𝓪 @Save_d_Nation wrote, "Batao Ji ! 2 Pakistani boxers – Suleman Baloch and Nazeerullah Khan went missing at the conclusion of CWG 2022 in Birmingham. They didn’t want to go back to #Pakistan."

Urban monk @tejo1983 pointed out to @khi_umer, @MrIndiaHere, and @ashoswai, "2 Pakistani boxers go missing in Birmingham following Commonwealth Games . Source said that the athletes are hiding to settle in UK . Meanwhile Pakistan's authorities said that our remittance will definitely increase by this extraordinary move of athletes inshallah." 

Kiran Kumar @kirankumar2210 wrote, "#Pakistani #Terrorists have found another way #sports to illegally enter other countries for their missions... I believe #India keeps a strict tab on all incoming and outgoing contingents on various events like Sports, Media, Diplomatic etc."

With inputs from PTI