List of stadiums in Pakistan

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This is a list of major sport stadiums in Pakistan . Only stadiums with the capacity of 2,000 spectators or more are included.

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{{row counter|{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !# !Stadium !Capacity !Game(s) !City !Province !Tenants !Image |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Jinnah Sports Stadium || 48,900 [1] || Multi-Purpose|| Islamabad || Islamabad Capital Territory || Pakistan national football team | Jinnah Sports Stadium track and field.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||National Hockey Stadium||45,000 [2] || Field hockey pictogram.svg Hockey||Lahore||Punjab||Pakistan national field hockey team |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||People's Football Stadium|| 40,000 [3] [4] || Football pictogram.svg Football || Karachi || Sindh || Pakistan national football team | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Arbab Niaz Stadium||35,000 [5] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Peshawar||Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|| Pakistan national cricket team, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team, Peshawar Zalmi | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||National Stadium||34,228 [6] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Karachi||Sindh||Karachi cricket team, Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Zebras, Karachi Kings, Pakistan International Airlines cricket team, Pakistan national cricket team | NationalStadium Karachi Pak vs Eng.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Gadaffi Stadium|| 34,000 [7] || Cricket pictogram.svg [[Cricket]|| Lahore || Punjab Pakistan || Pakistan national cricket team , Lahore Qalandars | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Multan Cricket Stadium||28,000 [8] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Multan||Punjab||Multan Sultans, Multan cricket team, Multan Tigers | Multan Cricket Stadium in 2020.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Gaddafi Stadium||27,000 [9] [10] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Lahore||Punjab||Lahore Qalandars, Lahore cricket teams, Pakistan International Airlines cricket team and Pakistan Cricket Team | Gaddafi stadium lahore.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Faisalabad Hockey Stadium||25,000 [11] || Field hockey pictogram.svg Hockey||Faisalabad||Punjab||Pakistan national field hockey team | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Zahoor Elahi Stadium |25,000 [12] | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Gujrat |Punjab | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Ayub National Stadium|| 20,000 [13] [14] ||Multi-Purpose||Quetta||Balochistan|| | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Bugti Stadium |20,000 [15] | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Quetta |Balochistan |Quetta Gladiators | Bugti Stadium in winter.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Jinnah Stadium|| 20,000 [5] ||Multi-purpose||Gujranwala||Punjab||Pakistan national cricket team, Gujranwala Cricket Association | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Sargodha Cricket Stadium||20,000|| Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Sargodha||Punjab||Sargodha Division Cricket Association, Sargodha cricket team | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||KPT Football Stadium|| 20,000 [16] || Football pictogram.svg Football|| Karachi|| Sindh|| Karachi Port Trust | KPT Sports Complex - panoramio (cropped).jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium ||18,000||Multi-Purpose|| Multan || Punjab, Pakistan || | Ismail Gold Shield Football Tournament at Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Iqbal Stadium ||18,000 [17] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket|| Faisalabad || Punjab || Faisalabad cricket team, Faisalabad Wolves, Pakistan national cricket team | Iqbal Cricket Stadium Faisalabad PAKISTAN.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Jinnah Stadium||18,000 [5] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Sialkot||Punjab|| Sialkot cricket team, Sialkot Stallions | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Quaid-e-Azam Stadium||16,000|| Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Mirpur|| Azad Kashmir||AJK Jaguars | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Bahawal Stadium||15,000|| Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Bahawalpur||Punjab||Pakistan national cricket team | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Qayyum Stadium|| 15,000 [18] || Sports and games.png Sports complex||Peshawar||Khyber Pakhtunkhwa||Peshawar football team, Peshawar Olympic team, Peshawar badminton club | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium||15,000 [19] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Rawalpindi|| Punjab||Rawalpindi cricket team, Rawalpindi Rams, Islamabad United and Pakistan Cricket Team | RWPCS3.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||KMC Football Stadium|| 15,000 [20] || Football pictogram.svg Football|| Karachi || Sindh || | KMC Football Ground - panoramio (cropped).jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Niaz Stadium||15,000 [21] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Hyderabad||Sindh||Hyderabad cricket team, Hyderabad Hawks | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Pindi Club Ground||15,000 [22] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Rawalpindi||Punjab||Pakistan national cricket team | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Punjab Stadium||15,000 [23] ||Multi-Purpose||Lahore||Punjab||Pakistan national football team | Stadium f.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Sheikhupura Stadium||15,000|| Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Sheikhupura||Punjab||Pakistan national cricket team | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Marghzar Cricket Ground |15,000 | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Islamabad |Islamabad Capital Territory | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Liaquat Gymnasium |10,223 | Sports and games.png Sports complex |Islamabad |Islamabad Capital Territory | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Gwadar Cricket Stadium |10,000 [5] | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Gwadar |Balochistan | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Hyderabad Football Stadium||10,000 [24] || Football pictogram.svg Football||Hyderabad||Sindh, Pakistan||Hyderabad District Football Association | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Hayatabad Sports Complex||10,000|| Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Peshawar||Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|| | Hayatabad Peshawar.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Qayyum Papa Stadium |10,000 [25] | Football pictogram.svg Football |Quetta |Balochistan | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium |10,000 | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Muzaffarabad |Azad Kashmir | | Muzaffarabad cricket ground 2016.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Southend Club Cricket Stadium |10,000 | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Karachi |Sindh | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Shaheed Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto International Cricket Stadium||10,000|| Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket||Garhi Khuda Bakhsh||Sindh|| | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Zafar Ali Stadium || 10,000 [5] || Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket|| Sahiwal || Punjab || | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Bilawal Stadium |10,000 | Sports and games.png Sports complex |Nawabshah |Sindh | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Jinnah Municipal Stadium |10,000 | Sports and games.png Sports complex |Sukkur |Sindh | | |- | style="next-day IGN:center;"| _row_count||Zamir Jaffri Cricket Stadium |10,000 | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Jhelum |Punjab | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Shoaib Akhtar Stadium |8,000 [26] |Multi-purpose |Rawalpindi |Punjab |Khan Research Laboratories | KRL cricket stadium Rawalpindi.png |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium |8,000 | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Karachi |Sindh | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Army Stadium|||7,000 [27] || Football pictogram.svg Football||Rawalpindi||Punjab||Pakistan Army | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Sargodha Hockey Stadium||7,000|| Field hockey pictogram.svg Hockey||Sargodha||Punjab||Sargodha District Hockey Team | Hockey Stadium Sargodha.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Tehmas Khan Football Stadium |6,000 [28] | Football pictogram.svg Football |Peshawar |Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | | Tehmas Khan Football Stadium.jpg |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Railway Stadium |5,000 | Football pictogram.svg Football |Lahore |Punjab |Pakistan Railways | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Sadiq Shaheed Stadium||5,000 [29] || Football pictogram.svg Football||Quetta||Balochistan||Muslim FC | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Drigh Road Union Football Stadium |5,000 | Football pictogram.svg Football |Karachi |Sindh | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Sialkot Hockey Stadium||5,000|| Field hockey pictogram.svg Hockey||Sialkot||Punjab|| Silkot District hockey team, Crescent Hockey Club | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |4,000 | Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket |Abbottabad |Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Abbottabad Hockey Stadium |3,000 | Field hockey pictogram.svg Hockey |Abbottabad |Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Sialkot Hockey Stadium |3,000 | Field hockey pictogram.svg Hockey |Sialkot |Punjab | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Karachi Race Club |3,000 | Equestrian pictogram.svg Horse racing |Karachi |Sindh | | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Railways Ground||2,000 [30] || Football pictogram.svg Football||Faisalabad|| Punjab||Lyallpur | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||Karachi United Stadium |2,000 | Football pictogram.svg Football |Karachi |Sindh |Karachi United | |- | style="text-align:center;"| _row_count||PAF Complex || 2,000 || Sports and games.png Sports complex||Islamabad||Islamabad Capital Territory|| Pakistan Air Force | |- |} }}

Future projects

StadiumCapacityGame(s)CityProvinceTenants
Rafi Cricket Stadium 50,000 Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket Karachi Sindh Pakistan national cricket team
Islamabad Cricket Stadium 50,000 Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket Islamabad Islamabad Capital Territory Pakistan national cricket team
Sialkot Sports Complex 49,000 Sports and games.png Sports complex Sialkot Punjab
Marvi Sports Complex10,000 Sports and games.png Sports complex Tharpakar @Mithi Sindh

Defunct grounds

StadiumCapacityGame(s)CityProvinceTenants
Montgomery Cricket Club Ground Cricket pictogram.svg Cricket Sahiwal Punjab Pakistan national cricket team

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