Ghulam Sarwar Sr. (1954 – 10 October 2024), was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder.

[4] He played for the Abu Dhabi based club alongside national teammate Ali Nawaz Baloch at the top-tier UAE Football League.

During his career, he visited Iran, Turkey, Russia, Sri Lanka, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan with the Pakistan national team.

[1] When Mohammad Daoud Khan was ruling Afghanistan in the 1970s, Sarwar participated twice in the Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup, with the Pakistan national team in 1976 and with a national selection called Shaheen FC in 1977, captaining in both editions.

[1] His situation also matched former Pakistan national team captains such as Muhammad Umer, Moosa Ghazi, Abdul Ghafoor and Qadir Bakhsh, who died enduring similar hardship.