Pakistan lies north of the Tropic of Cancer and west of India. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan joined the Commonwealth in 1947 but left the Commonwealth in 1972, before re-entering it again in 1989.

Prior to the partition of India in 1947, the Indian team at the Commonwealth Games may have included athletes from the area which is now Pakistan and Bangladesh.

At the Commonwealth Games, Pakistan made its debut at the 1954 Games (winning 6 medals) and was an ever present up to and including the 1970 Games in Edinburgh (9 medals). Then, after a 20 year absence Pakistan returned to the Games family by competing in Auckland in 1990, and has enjoyed uninterrupted participation ever since.

Pakistan at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan endured a disappointing Glasgow 2026, the first Commonwealth Games staged with a reduced program of just 10 sports, winning only a single bronze medal to finish in a tie for thirty-sixth on the medal table. It was one of the nation's leanest returns in recent memory, a sharp fall from the eight medals (including two gold) it had claimed at Birmingham 2022.

The medal came from boxer Fatima Zahra, who took bronze in the women's 60kg category to become the first Pakistani woman to win a boxing medal at the Commonwealth Games. She beat New Zealand's Jordan Wilson to reach the semi-finals, where defeat to Canada's Marie Al Mahdieh secured her place on the podium. There was disappointment elsewhere for Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem, the reigning Commonwealth javelin titleholder, who could finish only ninth in the final. The final medal standings, with Pakistan's placing, are shown below.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 70 45 56 171
2 England 29 45 36 110
3 Canada 19 20 23 62
4 India 13 17 9 39
5 Scotland 13 9 17 39
6 New Zealand 10 14 12 36
7 Nigeria 10 7 7 24
8 Jamaica 10 4 5 19
9 Wales 9 10 12 31
10 Malaysia 8 3 5 16
11 South Africa 7 11 10 28
12 Northern Ireland 3 4 9 16
13 Kenya 3 4 5 12
14 Cyprus 1 5 6 12
15 Mauritius 1 2 1 4
16 Cameroon 1 1 3 5
17 Jersey 1 1 0 2
17 Samoa 1 1 0 2
17 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 2
20 Fiji 1 0 1 2
20 Isle of Man 1 0 1 2
20 Bahamas 1 0 1 2
23 British Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1
23 Dominica 1 0 0 1
23 Grenada 1 0 0 1
26 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 4 7
27 Uganda 0 2 1 3
28 Singapore 0 2 0 2
29 Namibia 0 1 2 3
30 Ghana 0 1 1 2
31 Barbados 0 1 0 1
31 Guernsey 0 1 0 1
33 Lesotho 0 0 2 2
33 Nauru 0 0 2 2
33 Zambia 0 0 2 2
36 Bermuda 0 0 1 1
36 Gabon 0 0 1 1
36 Malta 0 0 1 1
36 Norfolk Island 0 0 1 1
36 Pakistan 0 0 1 1