| PFF President's Cup | |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Other Titles: | National Football Challenge Cup |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Dates: | 16 August – 13 September |
| Venue: | Quetta |
| Num Teams: | 24 (total) 21 (participating, 3 teams withdrew) |
| Defending Champions: | General Fans |
| Winners: | Allied Bank |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Pakistan Army |
| Third: | WAPDA |
| Fourth: | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation |
| Matches: | 95 |
| Goals: | 151 |
| Scoring Leader: | Qazi Ashfaq (8 goals) |
| Award Title: | Best player |
| Award: | Mohammad Shahbaz (Pakistan Army) |
| Prev Season: | 1994 |
| Next Season: | 1997 |
The 1996 PPF President's Cup was the 10th edition of Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup. 24 teams qualified for the tournament but 3 withdrew as soon as the tournament started. Quetta hosted the tournament, commencing from August 16, 1996 – September 13, 1996.[1]
Allied Bank won the tournament, defeating Pakistan Army 3–1 in the final, completing the double as they also won the league the same year.[1]
A total of 24 teams participated in the team. General Fans won the previous tournament, held in 1994. But they did not participated in the 1996 edition.[1]
| Group stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Bank | Karachi Development Authority | Pakistan Airforce | Pakistan Public Work Department | |
| Muslim Commercial Bank | Pakistan Police | Pakistan Railways | Quetta Metropolitan Corporation | |
| Pakistan Army | Pakistan Telecommunication | Sui Southern Gas | ||
| Balochistan Agriculture Department | Khan Research Laboratories | National Bank | Pakistan Navy | |
| Pakistan Automobile Corporation | Pakistan International Airlines | Pat Feeder Project | Port Qasim Authority | |
| Habib Bank | Ordinance Depot Quetta | Sindh Government Press | State Bank of Pakistan | |
| Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | WAPDA | |||
| Balochistan Secretariat | House Building Finance Corporation | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Karachi Port Trust | |
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In knockout stages, 2 matches will be played simultaneously therefore one match was played in Quetta while other in Loralai.[1]
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| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qazi Ashfaq | Allied Bank | 8 |
| 2 | Mohammad Shahbaz | Pakistan Army | 6 |
| Muhammad Asif | Sindh Government Press | ||
| 4 | Essa Khan | Sindh Government Press | 5 |
| Abdul Khaliq | Karachi Port Trust | ||
| 6 | Tariq Umar | Pakistan Public Work Department | 4 |
| Amjad Zakariya | Allied Bank | ||
| Mayor Jan | Pakistan Army | ||
| Zafri | National Bank |