The first player ever to score a hat-trick (three or more goals in a match) for Pakistan in an international football match was Masood Fakhri. He achieved the feat in the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines against Singapore on 2 May 1954, at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, where Pakistan won the match by 6âÂÂ2. He completed the hat-trick in 5 minutes, scoring at the 42nd, 43rd and 47th minutes of the match. The next player to score a hat-trick was Qayyum Changezi a year later at the 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament, although he scored two goals of the match through penalty.
Muhammad Umer is the first recorded Pakistani footballer to have scored a hat-trick more than once against a full international side. Umer first achieved the feat in a friendly match against Singapore on 17 May 1958, where both teams reportedly fielded their main probable teams as preparation for the 1958 Asian Games. On 9 December 1959 during the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Umer scored another hat-trick in a 4âÂÂ1 victory against Iran. The next year, Moosa Ghazi scored thrice in a 7âÂÂ0 record victory against Thailand at the 1960 Merdeka Tournament. On 18 March 1967, during the opening match of the four-match friendly series against Saudi Arabia in Pakistan, Moosa Ghazi again scored a hat-trick in the eventual 3âÂÂ1 victory. Inside-left forward Abdul Jabbar scored a hat-trick against Turkey at the 1967 RCD Cup. The striker Muhammad Ali Shah managed to score all three goals against Malaysia in a 3âÂÂ2 win during the 1981 King's Cup on 13 November 1981. During the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Sharafat Ali scored thrice in a 4âÂÂ1 victory against North Yemen.
After the 20th century, Gohar Zaman became first Pakistani footballer to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup qualification match during the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. He completed the hat-trick within 40 minutes against Sri Lanka in a 3âÂÂ3 draw. After several years, Pakistan tied its previous all-time highest record victory against Thailand in 1960, after Muhammad Qasim scored three times against Guam in a 9âÂÂ2 win at the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, where the national team scored the highest number of goals in a match. A year later, Safiullah Khan surpassed the hat-trick number barrier after scoring four goals in a single match against Brunei at the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification on 6 April 2009. The same year, Pakistan earned another record 7âÂÂ0 victory at the 2009 SAFF Championship, where Arif Mehmood scored three times against Bhutan. This is also the most recent instance of a Pakistani player scoring a hat-trick in an international football match.
As of 26 March 2024, Pakistan have conceded nineteen hat-tricks, the most recent being scored by Musa Al-Taamari in a 0âÂÂ7 defeat by Jordan at the 2026 World Cup qualification. Masoud Boroumand of Iran was the first player to score a hat-trick against Pakistan, on Pakistan's international debut in 1950.
, eleven players have scored a hat-trick for the national team and one have scored more than three goals in a single match.
, Pakistan have conceded nineteen hat-tricks in total.