Feroze Bano [Begum Abdul Wahid]

Feroze Bano, daughter of Dr. Ghulam Muhammad, was born in Amritsar district in 1899. She was educated in Kabul where her father was working as the personal physician of the Queen of Afghanistan.

In 1914, Feroze Bano was married to Shaikh Abdul Wahid, a businessman of Amritsar. She started taking part in the activities of the Muslim League in early 40s and helped a good deal in the enhancement of the Peshawar branch of the provincial sub-committee. As president of the district sub-committee, she worked enthusiastically in bringing a large number of Pathan women under the League banner and took keen interest in establishing a number of primary committees in districts like Naushera, Charsada, etc.