Overview
- Qamar Ahmed died in Karachi on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at age 88, and his family said he had been suffering from a heart ailment.
- Colleagues reported that he underwent a heart-related operation about two weeks before his death, a detail attributed to former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif.
- Ahmed spent roughly five decades covering international cricket, a career that outlets say included more than 400 Test matches and over 600 One-Day Internationals.
- Accounts differ on exact figures — one report credits him with 738 ODIs and nine World Cups — but all sources agree he was an ever-present figure at major ICC events and in the Lord’s press box.
- A former first-class player who captained Hyderabad in Pakistan domestic cricket, Ahmed wrote for Dawn, the BBC World Service and several UK papers and was made an honorary life member of the Cricket Writers’ Club of England in 2011; his funeral prayer was reported to be held in Karachi after Maghrib on June 18 and prominent cricketers and commentators issued tributes.