Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz and left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, who was a lawmaker in the government of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, shared seven wickets on Sunday after the pace bowlers mopped up the top order to give Bangladesh their first win in 14 Tests against Pakistan.
Openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam were unbeaten on 15 and 9, respectively, as Bangladesh reached 0-30 at the stroke of the tea interval for only their seventh away Test win and the first since beating New Zealand at Mount Maunganui in January 2022.
Pakistan, who conceded a 117-run first-innings lead despite declaring at 6-448, were bowled out by a disciplined pace and spin attack after they resumed on 1-23, still 94 runs behind.
Mohammad Rizwan followed his career-best unbeaten 171 to top-score with 51, but most of his teammates were guilty of falling to rash shots coupled with some aggressive field placings by Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Mehidy picked up 4-21 and Shakib 3-44, while pacemen Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana snared one wicket each.
Earlier, Bangladesh set up their victory as Pakistan limped to 6-108 at lunch, after losing five wickets in the morning session.
Captain Shan Masood (14) was dismissed in the second over of the day when Hasan found a faint edge and had the Pakistan skipper caught behind.
Pakistan's middle-order batters were guilty of throwing away their wickets.
First innings century-maker Saud Shakeel needlessly tried to play an extravagant shot against Shakib and was stumped without scoring for the first time in his short Test career.
Abdullah Shafique also ran out of patience and went for an ambitious shot against Shakib and top-edged a catch to point, before Mehidy found the outside edge of Salman Ali Agha's bat in his second over.
The defeat extended Pakistan's barren run in red-ball cricket at home to five losses and four draws since they last beat South Africa at Rawalpindi in 2021.
The second Test will also be played at Rawalpindi from next Friday after it was moved from Karachi due to construction work at the National Bank Stadium.
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