Abdul Wahid (right) shaking hands with the second governor and prime minister of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin (left) during his playing days.
Durrani made his debut in Pakistan's first ever international match in 27 October 1950 against Iran in the Amjadiyeh StadiuminTeheran.[2][3] He later became captain of the Pakistan national football team in the 1952 Colombo Cup,[1] where he scored a goal against Ceylon.[4] Pakistan played its first match against India after victories over Ceylon and Burma, which ended in a goalless draw and emerged as joint winners of the tournament after finishing with the same points in the table.[4]
During the violence of the partition of British India, Abdul Wahid Durrani provided burqas to Hindu men and women who had sought refuge in his home in Quetta, and escorted them to the station, effectively saving their lives.[5] In the bordering North-West Frontier Province, local people protected whole villages of Hindu and Sikh communities, where some still live today.[5]
^ ab"BBC World Service | World Agenda – Separate Lives". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-21. Among the fighting, there were incidences where community feeling endured. Abdul Wahid Durrani was a young sportsman in 1947. He remembers how, during the violence in the southern Pakistan city of Quetta, where he lived, he provided burqas to Hindu men and women who had sought refuge in his home, and escorted them to the station, effectively saving their lives.
