Sri Lanka might have lost the series but signed off satisfied with safety and security measures in Pakistan after the country's first home test series in 10 years.
Pakistan secured a comprehensive 263-run win over Sri Lanka to jump to third position in the World Test Championship.
Azhar Ali hailed both his bowlers and batsmen for stepping up in their respective departments to hand the Green Brigade a much needed series win.
Naseer Shah broke fellow Pakistan seamer Mohammad Amir's record who had claimed his first five-for when he was 17 years and 257 days.
Pakistan have climbed to the third place in the World Test Championship table after a resounding victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test.
Sri Lanka was 212-7 chasing a daunting victory target of 476. Pakistan needs just three more wickets on the final day in Karachi to take the two-match series 1-0.
Pakistan continued with their dominance on the fourth day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium in Karachi as they declared at 555 for three at lunch, hence pushing their lead to 475 runs
Captain Azhar Ali (57) and Babar Azam (22) were unbeaten at the close of play, but it was Abid (174) and Shan Masood (135) who stole the show earlier with a huge opening stand of 278.
Abid hit his century on the third day of the second match against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium here as he swept off spinner Lasith Embuldeniya for two runs.
Chandimal shared a useful 67-run sixth wicket stand with Dhananjaya De Silva (32) and another association of 51 runs with Dilruwan Perera (48) as the tourists had their lower-order batsmen to thank for the total.
PCB CEO Wasim Khan said that the PCB has invited Younis as a special guest keeping in line the board's policy to honour former greats during home matches.
Sri Lanka pacer Kasun Rajitha has been ruled out of the second and final Test against Pakistan in Karachi with hamstring injury.
With bad weather and continuous rain forcing both the teams to settle for a draw in the first Test in Rawalpindi, the Azhar Ali-led Pakistan side will aim to win the last contest at the historic venue.
Only 91.5 overs were possible on the first four days as rain, bad light and overcast conditions affected the proceedings.
Abid became the first batsman in history to score hundreds on both Test and ODI debuts.
With the triple-figure mark on Sunday, Abid also became the first Pakistan batsman to make a ton in Rawalpindi since 2000 and the first on home soil since 2008.
Both Pakistan and Sri Lankan teams stayed in their hotel and only match officials came to the ground on Saturday to witness the gloomy weather conditions.
Overnight showers and bad light meant that just over five overs were possible on day three in Rawalpindi between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Resuming on 202-5, Sri Lanka reached 263-6 when play was called off at 3:30 p.m. local time due to bad light. Niroshan Dickwella on 33 was the only wicket to fall.
Test cricket returned to Pakistan after more than a decade as Naseem Shah impressed with his bowling on Day 1 against Pakistan.
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