The Pakistani team Ends the Proteas' 10-match Unbeaten Run.
The left-arm pacer secured a quartet of wickets in the final innings after going wicketless in the initial session.
Opening Test, the Gaddafi Stadium (day four)
Pakistan 378 (Imam-ul-Haq 93, Agha 93; Muthusamy 6-117) & 167 (Babar Azam 42; Muthusamy 5-57)
South Africa 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 terminated world champions South Africa's unbeaten run by achieving a 93-run margin victory in an thrilling and competitive opening Test in the city of Lahore.
South Africa, whose 10-Test winning streak in the longest format ended with a win against Australia in the WTC final in June, were bowled out for 183 chasing 277.
Having resumed on 51 for two, they lost first-innings centurion Tony de Zorzi leg before wicket to left-arm quick Shaheen Afridi to the third delivery of the day to shift the tightly balanced chase in Pakistan's favour.
Left-arm spinner Noman, who claimed 10 wickets for 191 runs in the game, removed Stubbs for two and bowled Brevis, who put up a fight with a run-a-ball 54.
Off-spinner Sajid also took advantage of significant spin to terminate opener Rickelton's stay - he faced 145 deliveries for 45 - and Shaheen returned in the post-lunch session to dismiss the lower order with a fine display of reverse swing.
He had Kyle Verreynne leg before for nineteen and bowled Prenelan Subrayen and Kagiso Rabada to seal the win.
It was both sides' opening game of the 2025-2027 World Test Championship cycle and propels the hosts straight into the number two spot after leaders the Australian team.
Their victory was founded on contributions of 93 by opening batsman Imam and, crucially, number seven Salman Agha which lifted them to three hundred and seventy-eight.
From there spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan utilized favourable home conditions, as they had in their Test series win over the English team the previous year, to maintain their advantage.
The second and last match starts on 20 October.
