[3][4] Owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, the stadium serves as one of the home venues for the Pakistan national football team.

[1] The stadium was built in 1988, and opened on 9 December 1995 by the provincial government Pakistan Peoples Party and Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

[1] Covering an area of 10 acres (40,000 m2),[1] it was constructed in place of four football training pitches that reportedly had left more than 20 clubs without a playing field.

The stadium had been built to promote sports and host international football matches, but within years of its completion, it was occupied by law-enforcement agencies such as the Pakistan Rangers for keeping an eye on the law and order situation in the area.

[5][1] Apart from being one of the main venues of several national sports events such as the National Games of Pakistan,[6] or football events such as the Pakistan Premier League, PFF League and the PFF National Challenge Cup, the stadium was aimed to became one of the home venues for international matches, first hosting the 2005 SAARC Gold Cup.