| Competition: | Pakistan Premier League |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Winners: | WAPDA 3rd Pakistan Premier League title 7th Pakistani title |
| Relegated: | Pakistan Steel Pakistan Television |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC President's Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | WAPDA |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 487 |
| League Topscorer: | Muhammad Rasool (22 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Pakistan Airlines 5–0 Pak Elektron (8 August 2008) Khan Research Laboratories 5–0 Pakistan Television (23 October 2008) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Pak Elektron 0–6 Habib Bank (23 November 2008) |
| Highest Scoring: | National Bank 5–4 Pakistan Airlines (8 October 2008) |
| Longest Wins: | 8 games WAPDA |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 17 games WAPDA |
| Longest Winless: | 15 games Pakistan Television |
| Longest Losses: | 15 games Pakistan Television |
| Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
| Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
The 2008 season is the 54th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 5th season of the Pakistan Premier League, and was held from July 22, 2008 to December 6, 2008 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Football Federation League
Teams relegated from 2008–09 Football Federation League
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Nasir Stadiium | ||||
| Karachi Port Trust Football Stadium | ||||
| Rawalpindi (Kahuta) | ||||
| Karachi Port Trust Football Stadium | ||||
| PNS Karsaz Stadium | ||||
| Korangi Baloch Stadium | ||||
| Karachi (Steel Town) | Korangi Baloch Stadium | |||
Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2009 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.
The matches will be held at 1:00 and 3:00 pm respectively on home and away basis. This time the winning bonus will be Rs 500,000, the runners-up team will receive Rs 300,000 while the third position holder will receive Rs 100,000. All matches are likely to be supervised by neutral referees.
KPT F.C. lead from the start and up to the midway point remained ahead of KRL, WAPDA and Army, who all made slips up. However, by the final third of the season KPT began to falter, and towards the end of the season it became a three horse race between Army, WAPDA and KRL, just as it has done the past four seasons. The season ended with WAPDA holding on to the title with Army in second over perennial third placers KRL. Pakistan Steel and PTV were both relegated.
WAPDA were given Rs500,000 as champions of Pakistan, while Pakistan Amy and KRL picked up Rs300,000 and Rs200,000 respectively. The Fair Play trophy along with Rs100,000 went to Afghan Club. Player of the season and Rs100,000 went to KRL F.C. defender Samar Ishaq. His teammate Mohammad Rasool was top scorers and received Rs50,000. While Abdul Aziz of WAPDA was goalkeeper of the season and was given Rs50,000. Ali Nawaz Baloch was best match commissioner and Mohammad Rauf Bari was best referee and each took Rs50,000
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad Rasool | Khan Research Laboratories | 22 | |
| 2 | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | 19 | |
| 3 | Shakir Lashari | Pakistan Airlines | 16 | |
| 4 | Abdul Rehman | Karachi Port Trust | 14 | |
| 5 | Farooq Shah | National Bank | 12 | |
| 6 | Muhammad Ishtiaq | Habib Bank | 10 |
| Player | For ! | Against | Date | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haji Ahmed Shah | Government High School Stadium, Chaman | ||||
| Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi | |||||
| Zeeshan Ali | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi | ||||
| People's Football Stadium, Karachi | |||||
| Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi | |||||
| Jamil Ahmed | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi | ||||
| Railways Ground, Faisalabad | |||||
| KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi | |||||
| KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi | |||||
| Punjab Stadium, Lahore | |||||
| PSB Ground, Islamabad |
| Award | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top Scorer | Muhammad Rasool | KRL | |
| Most Valuable Player | Samar Ishaq | KRL | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Abdul Aziz | WAPDA | |
| Fair Play | — | Afghan Chaman |
| Award | Referee | Association | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Match Commissioner | Ali Nawaz | Karachi | |
| Best Referee | Muhammad Rauf Bari | Lahore |