The new PFF president, Faisal Saleh Hayat, decided that it was time for Pakistan to have a football league.
This would have been the first time since 1948, when the first domestic football tournament was played, that a league system would be used to find a national champion.
Bankruptcy hit Naka Muhammadan who withdrew before their 14 July match, they did however returned to complete the season.
[1] Due to fixture congestion, WAPDA had to play both their final two matches on the same day, which just happened to be against title rivals Pakistan Army and Khan Research Laboratories.
In this top of the table clash, it was WAPDA who were victorious, thrashing KRL 4–0 to win the title by a superior goal difference, and be crowned as the first winners of the Pakistan Football League.