Pakistan, inspired by Shoaib Akhtar's first 10-wicket haul in Test cricket, fought back to crush Bangladesh by nine wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series on Saturday.

The home team came back from a 66-run first-innings deficit to skittle Bangladesh for 96 in the second innings on the fourth day of the second Test before Mohammad Hafeez scored an unbeaten hundred to seal victory.

Set 163 to win on a docile pitch, they reached their target in the 48th over.

Strike bowler Akhtar took four for 30 in the second innings to give him match figures of 10 for 80 as he passed the 100-wicket mark in his 27th Test.

Known as the 'Rawalpindi Express', the 28-year-old took two wickets in three balls on Saturday morning to trigger another Bangladesh batting collapse that saw them lose their last eight wickets for 53 runs.

They had reached 310 for two in the first innings before being bowled out for 361 but still managed to earn a first-innings lead for the first time in their 23 Tests. Bangladesh have lost 22 matches and drawn one.

The third and final Test starts on Wednesday before the teams play five one-dayers.

Scoreboard on the fourth day:

Bangladesh first innings: 361 (Javed Omar 119, Habibul Bashar 97, Mohammad Ashraful 77; Shoaib Akhtar 6-50)

Pakistan first innings: 295 (Taufeeq Umar 75, Yousuf Youhana 64; Mohammad Rafique 5-118, Alok Kapali 3-3)

Bangladesh second innings (overnight 52-4):
Hannan Sarkar c Taufeeq Umar b Shoaib Akhtar 7
Javed Omar c Rashid Latif b Shoaib Akhtar 0
Habibul Bashar lbw b Umar Gul 28
Mohammad Ashraful c Taufeeq Umar b Danish Kaneria 7
Rajin Saleh lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 6
Alok Kapali c Rashid Latif b Shabbir Ahmed 16
Khaled Mashud lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 0
Khaled Mahmud lbw b Danish Kaneria 1
Mohammad Rafique not out 9
Mashrafe Mortaza b Umar Gul 14
Alamgir Kabir b Umar Gul 4

Extras: (lb-2 nb-2) 4

Total: (all out, 33.5 overs) 96

Fall of wickets: 1-7 2-20 3-43 4-43 5-64 6-64 7-65 8-75 9-90

Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 12-2-30-4 (nb-1), Shabbir Ahmed 7-2-21-1, Umar Gul 4.5-1-16-3, Danish Kaneria 10-3-27-2 (nb-1)

Pakistan second innings:
Mohammad Hafeez not out 102
Taufeeq Umar c Mashrafe Mortaza b Khaled Mahmud 43
Yasir Hameed not out 18

Extras: (lb-1 w-1) 2

Total: (for one wicket, 47.3 overs) 165

Fall of wicket: 1-140.

Did not bat: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Rashid Latif, Shoaib Akhtar, Shabbir Ahmed, Danish Kaneria, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik

Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 7-1-26-0, Alamgir Kabir 7.3-1-39-0, Khaled Mahmud 14-5-28-1 (w-1), Mohammad Rafique 12-2-34-0, Alok Kapali 6-0-30-0, Mohammad Ashraful 1-0-7-0

Result: Pakistan won by nine wickets

First Test: Karachi, Pakistan won by seven wickets

Third Test: Multan, September 3-7