The Pakistani team Halts the Proteas' 10-match Winning Streak.
Shaheen Afridi secured four wickets in the second innings after failing to take a wicket in the first session.
Opening Test, the Gaddafi Stadium (the fourth day)
Pakistan 378 (Imam-ul-Haq 93, Agha 93; Muthusamy 6-117) & 167 (Babar Azam 42; Muthusamy 5-57)
The visitors 269 (De Zorzi 104; Noman 6-112) & 183 (Dewald Brevis 54; Shaheen 4-33, Noman Ali 4-79)
Pakistan won by 93 runs
The national team brought an end to world champions South Africa's winning streak by sealing a 93-run win in an entertaining and hard-fought first Test in the city of Lahore.
South Africa, who had a 10-match winning streak in Test cricket culminated in victory over Australia in the World Test Championship final in the month of June, were dismissed for 183 chasing 277.
Having resumed on 51-2, they saw the dismissal of century-maker Tony de Zorzi lbw to left-arm quick Shaheen Afridi to the third ball of the day to push the tightly balanced run chase in Pakistan's favor.
Slow left-armer Noman Ali, who took 10 wickets for 191 runs in the match, dismissed Stubbs for 2 and bowled Brevis, who put up a fight with a run-a-ball 54.
Right-arm spinner Sajid Khan also took advantage of sharp turn to terminate opening batsman Rickelton's innings - he lasted 145 deliveries for 45 runs - and Afridi returned in the afternoon session to knock over the lower order with a impressive exhibition of reverse swing.
He trapped Verreynne leg before for nineteen and dismissed Prenelan Subrayen and Kagiso Rabada to seal the win.
It was each team's opening game of the 2025-2027 Test championship cycle and propels Pakistan directly into second place after table-toppers the Australian team.
Their victory was built around key performances of ninety-three by opener Imam-ul-Haq and, importantly, all-rounder Salman Agha which boosted them to three hundred and seventy-eight.
From there spinners Noman and Sajid utilized helpful home pitches, as they did in their series victory over England the previous year, to sustain their advantage.
The next and final Test begins on 20 October.
