Pakistan finished the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with 10 medals: two silver and eight bronze. It placed 29th on the medal table and recorded its best haul since 2002, when it won 13, Khel Now reported. At Hangzhou 2022, Pakistan won three medals and finished 31st.
The medal list
Silver
- Squash: men’s team
- Cricket: men’s team, beaten by India in the final
Bronze
- Squash: Noor Zaman and Mohammad Ashab Irfan in men’s singles
- Cricket: women’s team
- Hockey: men’s team, after beating South Korea in the bronze-medal match
- Volleyball: men’s team, after beating China
- Shooting: Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol
- Mixed martial arts: Asim Khan, men’s 60kg
- Esports: PUBG Mobile team
What went right
Squash, once Pakistan’s pride, is clearly reviving, with three medals from a new generation of players. Men’s volleyball beating China and hockey’s bronze against South Korea show that team sports with sustained investment can compete in Asia.
What’s missing
For the second Games in a row, Pakistan did not win a gold. Athletics, wrestling and weightlifting, traditional sources of medals, did not feature on the podium this time. Federations and the Pakistan Sports Board will face questions about funding, coaching and competition exposure before the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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