Brad Haddin and Dwayne Smith each scored fifties as United achieved their target of 111 in the 15th over.

[15] As the tournament shifted to Sharjah, United continued to rebuild their campaign by handing Quetta Gladiators their first loss of the season.

But the team's emerging player, Shadab Khan, scored 42 off 24 balls to get United to a respectable total of 145 which almost proved match-winning.

[19] With the tournament moving back to Dubai, United registered a thrilling win against Quetta Gladiators.

However, after a flurry of wickets and the inability of the opposition batsmen to finish the game, United prevailed by one run.

The Karachi bowlers outshone the Islamabad batsmen with Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim and Usama Mir each picking up three wickets.

Chasing a target of 176, the team was reduced to 25-4 inside the powerplay before falling short by 34 runs in their allotted overs.

Hussain Talat's unbeaten innings of 48 runs was instrumental in United's chase of 114 in difficult batting conditions.

[24] As the league stage shifted to Sharjah, the team lost to Quetta Gladiators by six wickets as they failed to defend the 135-run target.

[25] United's key player and vice-captain, Rumman Raees, suffered a knee injuring during the match that has put his availability for the rest of the season in jeopardy.

The match went down to the Super Over as United managed to restrict the Qalandars to a level score of 121 during the initial innings.

The Super Over target of 16 runs, in turn, was surmounted by a last ball six from Andre Russell.

Peshawar's in-form batsman Kamran Akmal was out lbw for one run off eight balls, with Samit Patel taking the wicket in the third over early on.

[33] In the next game against Peshawar Zalmi, Being sent to bat first, the defending champions were 49–3 at one stage before Ian Bell and Cameron Delport put on 56 runs which helped the side post a competitive total of 158 for nine in 20 overs.

[34] Regular Captain Mohammad Sami was out injured and young Shadab Khan had to lead the side for the first time.

[35] In the next fixture against Multan they had a very bad day, batting first they were bowled out for 121 runs and losing the match by six wickets.

They started off well with the bat but few quite overs during the middle part of the innings meant United were in trouble, but thanks to Asif Ali who hit Kings bowlers to all sides of the ground, scoring 70 runs from 38 balls to ensure that United chase down the target with four balls to spare.

[4] The team logo and name was revealed on 22 December 2015 in a ceremony held at the Polo Club in Islamabad.

In 2017, new anthems of the team were released; "Cricket Jorray Pakistan" was sung by Momina Mustehsan, and "Kitna Rola Daalay Ga" by Abdullah Qureshi.

For the second season, United signed with JS Bank as the title sponsor and Q Mobile as team's main partner respectively.