[4] At the end of the year, an 18-member PIA team captained by Abdul Jabbar, toured Abu Dhabi for seven days from 16 December 1976 and played two exhibition matches there.

It was an educative football as the visitors besides being fitter, planned their attack in a methodical manner, showing perfect understanding among themselves and playing mostly with ground passes beating the defenders on the run.

KPT, once a fan favorite, struggled with their aging players, while PIA also showed limited skill, reflecting the declining standard of football in Pakistan.

Al-Nasr responded with a dangerous attack, and Salim Juman found the net, but the goal was ruled offside by Bahraini linesman Matal Al Mahlood.

Just before halftime, Mukhtar Ali saved a certain goal with an acrobatic overhead kick after PIA goalkeeper Jamshed Rana had been beaten.

Late in the game, PIA received two more yellow cards from Sri Lankan referee Mohsin Arif due to player disputes.

[11] In the season of 1992–93, PIA won their eighth title, when they defeated Pakistan Army in the Lifebuoy Soap sponsored league structured National Football Championship.

Pakistan Airlines lost their dominance until the end of the 1990s, winning their last of 9 national championships in 1997, fighting off tough competition from Allied Bank in the final.

[9] PIA failed to enter the newly formed Pakistan Premier League from 2004 to 2006 as after the PFF President Cup held in Quetta in 2003, the team was disbanded.

The team withdrew from the 2016 Pakistan Football Federation Cup due to internal crisis caused by the privatisation of the parental organisation.

[13] In 2018–19 season, they were eliminated in 2018 National Challenge Cup group stages and withdrew from league due to financial issues, and were relegated.