2012–13 Pakistan Premier League

The 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League was the 9th season of the Pakistan Premier League, the Pakistani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 5 September 2012 and ended on 15 January 2013.
Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions, having won their second Premier League title the previous season. This was their second top division league title.
On 13 January 2013, Khan Research Laboratories won their third Premier League title and Pakistani titles after drawing 0–0 with Pakistan Airlines at KPT Stadium.
Kaleemullah Khan became the first player to score 30+ goals in a Pakistan Premier League season, after scoring 35 goals.

Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2013 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.

Pakistan Police and Pak Elektron were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season and were replaced by Wohaib and Zarai Taraqiati.
During the season, the Pakistan Navy vacated their previous home ground, the Municipal Stadium in Rawalpindi, for the Karachi Port Trust Stadium in Karachi due to the pitch condition at the former ground, thus KPT Stadium was used by three teams this season, the other two being Karachi Port Trust and National Bank, both had used KPT Stadium as their home ground since the start of Pakistan Premier League.

Club	City	Stadium
Afghan Chaman	Chaman	Government High School Ground
Baloch Nushki	Nushki	Nushki Stadium
Habib Bank Limited	Karachi	Peoples Football Stadium
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	Karachi	Peoples Football Stadium
Karachi Port Trust	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium
Khan Research Laboratories	Rawalpindi	KRL Stadium
Muslim	Quetta	Government High School Ground
National Bank of Pakistan	Karachi	Aga Khan Gymkhana Ground
Pakistan Air Force	Islamabad	Jinnah Sports Stadium
Pakistan Army	Rawalpindi	Army Stadium
Pakistan International Airlines	Karachi	Korangi Baloch Stadium
Pakistan Navy	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium
PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad	Faisalabad	PMC Football Ground
WAPDA	Lahore	Railway Stadium
Wohaib	Lahore	UMT Football Ground
Zarai Taraqiati	Islamabad	Jinnah Sports Stadium

First goal of the season: Sajjad Ahmed for Pakistan Navy against Karachi Port Trust.
Last goal of the season: Muhammad Adnan for Pakistan Navy against Khan Research Laboratories.
Fastest goal of the season: 59 seconds – Abdus Salam for Karachi Electric Supply Corporation against WAPDA.
Most hat-trick by a single player: 7
*Kaleemullah Khan
Largest winning margin: 6 goals
*Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib
Highest scoring game: 10 goals
*Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
*Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib
*Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
*Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kaleemullah Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	35
2	Muhammad Rasool	Karachi Electric Supply Corporation	25
3	Ansar Abbas	Pakistan Army	16
4	Muhammad	Karachi Port Trust	13

⁴ Player scored four goals