The Karachi Premier League was created by and is owned by Karachi United

Karachi United

Karachi United F.C. Football club is a Pakistani football club based in the southern city of Karachi. It was established in 1996.The club's objectives since inception have been the grassroots development of football and community development through football. At the time of the formation of the...

 Football Club. The event was started in the year 2003 as an all Karachi (Pakistan) Clubs league. In fact it was a pre-cursor to the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 of Pakistan i.e. the Pakistan Premier League

Pakistan Premier League

The Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...

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At the outset, Karachi United were supported in setting up and financing the League by the KASB Group of Companies which was the Title Sponsor of the event for the first six editions.

Winners:
2003: Hyderi Baluch
2004-05: LLWC
2005-06: Young Ansari
2006-07: Keamari Muhammadan
2007-08: Shazad Muhammadan
2008-09: Shazad Muhammadan
2009-10: Chanesar Blue
2010-11: Baloch Youth

Format and Developments:
In 2003, the inaugural Karachi Premier League saw ten teams competing on a single league basis with the famous Lyari based football Club, Hyderi Baluch crowned as its first Champions.

The first five Editions saw five different Champions until Shazad Muhammadan retained their title in the sixth Edition. The sixth Edition saw another changed format i.e. 16 top teams first played each other on a single league basis and then the top eight competed in Playoffs (introduced for the first time).