The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class level cricket championship contested in Pakistan with the participation of six local cricket teams.
Named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, who is referred to as 'Quaid-i-Azam' (Great Leader), the trophy in the 1953-54 season started to help the selectors choose the squad for Pakistan's Test tour of England in 1954. Five local and two departmental teams contested in this season. Their names were:- Bahawalpur, Punjab, Karachi, North-West Frontier Province, Sindh, Combined Services and Pakistan Railways.