The National Stadium (Urdu: نیشنل اسٹڈیم‎) is a cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. It is currently used for cricket matches, and is home to Karachi's domestic cricket teams. The stadium is able to hold 34,228 spectators, making it the 2nd largest cricket stadium in Pakistan after Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Its widely criticised that the city of this size with a population of over 15 million having such a small capacity stadium.