The ceasefire line came into effect on January 1, 1949, after eighteen months of fighting between Indian forces and Afridi tribals which Pakistan had sent to occupy Kashmir and was last adjusted and agreed upon by the two countries according to the Simla Agreement of July 2, 1972 between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

While visiting the convict settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, for the purpose of inspection, he was assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi, an Afridi Pathan convict who used a knife.

The officials have identified Michael McGrath, an Australian who was Save the Children country director in Pakistan in 2009 as the person who recruited Dr. Shakil Afridi.

In June 2009, Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup.

In May 2011, having led Pakistan in 34 ODIs Afridi was replaced as captain.

In October 1996 at the age of sixteen Afridi was drafted into the ODI team during the four-nation Sameer Cup 1996 – 97 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed.

Pakistan posted a total of 371, at the time the second-highest in ODIs, and won by 82 runs ; Afridi was named man of the match.

In April Afridi struck what at the time was the equal second-fastest century in ODIs ; he reached 100 off 45 deliveries against India, sharing the record with West Indian Brian Lara.

Afridi was more consistent with his batting and bowling throughout 2005, starting with the tours of India and West Indies and through to the England tour.

On 21 November 2005, Shahid Afridi was banned for a Test match and two ODIs for deliberately damaging the pitch in the second match of the three-Test series against England.

It was the last Test cricket Afridi played until 2010.

Afridi was charged on 8 February 2007 of bringing the game into disrepute after he was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a spectator who swore at him on his way up the steps after being dismissed.

Afridi was given a four-game ODI suspension, the minimum possible ban for such an offence, meaning that he would miss Pakistan's first two 2007 World Cup matches.

The PCB and Afridi chose not to appeal the ban, despite feeling that the punishment was excessively harsh.

In the 2007 World Twenty20, he performed poorly with the bat but brilliantly with the ball, earning the Man of the Series award, though he failed to take a wicket in the final and was out for a golden duck. But in the next ICC Twenty20 World Cup, held in 2009 Afridi performed brilliantly in the series scoring 50 runs in the semi-final and 54 in the final and leading his team to victory.

Shortly after Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 the captain Younis Khan announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricket the Pakistan Cricket Board ( PCB ) subsequently announced that Shahid Afridi had taken over as captain in T20Is ; the appointment was initially for one match, with a decision on the permanent replacement to be made later.

On 31 January 2010, Afridi was caught on camera biting into the ball towards the end of the 5th Commonwealth Bank ODI series in Australia.

Later Afridi pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 internationals.

On 25 May 2010, Afridi was appointed captain of the national team in all three formats, after he announced his return to Test cricket.

Afridi was officially removed from the Test squad on the England tour, but after the spot-fixing scandal saw Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Test captain Salman Butt temporarily suspended by the International Cricket Council, he stated that he might return to Test cricket if " the team needs it ".

When Pakistan's squad for the 2011 World Cup was announced no captain was named ; Afridi, the incumbent ODI captain and Misbah-ul-Haq, the Test captain, were the front runners for the position.

He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, joint with Pakistan's Shahid Afridi on 21

He is the second leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 Internationals behind teammate Shahid Afridi

After India and Pakistan's independence from Britain, certain Pashtun tribes such as Mehsud and Afridi from mountainous region of North-West Frontier Province ( NWFP ) of Pakistan, at the instigation of Pakistan and with its collusion, entered the Kashmir valley to capture it.

Pakistani investigators said in a July 2012 report that Dr. Shakil Afridi met 25 times with " foreign secret agents, received instructions and provided sensitive information to them.

" According to Pakistani reports, Dr. Shakil Afridi told investigators that the charity Save the Children helped facilitate his meeting with U. S. intelligence agents although the charity denies the charge.

In June 2004 Afridi signed with English county side Kent to play for them in three Twenty20 matches and one Totesport League match.

On 12 April 2006, Afridi announced a temporary retirement from Test cricket so that he could concentrate on ODIs, with a particular focus on the 2007 World Cup, and to spend more time with his family.

Afridi had played ten Tests since being recalled to the side in January 2005, averaging 47. 44 with the bat including four centuries.

Afridi with his team mates during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 | 2009 World Twenty20 in June 2009

In March 2010 the board announced that Shahid Afridi had been appointed ODI captain in place of the sacked Mohammad Yousuf he led Pakistan in the 2010 Asia Cup and during his first three matches as ODI captain he scored two centuries against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh he finished as the tournaments highest runscorer with 384 runs from 3 matches.

Majeed also confirmed that he approached Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Younis Khan and Saeed Ajmal but all off them refused to be affiliated with him of his fixing menace.

In October, Afridi stated in an interview with Express News that the squad had been selected without his consultation ; the PCB gave him an official warning for the interview.

After beating the West Indies in the quarter-final, with Afridi taking four wickets, Pakistan were knocked out of the semi-finals in a 29-run defeat to India.

The coach, Waqar Younis, fell out with Afridi and in his report on the tour criticised Afridi, saying " as a captain he is very immature, has poor discipline, lacks a gameplan and is unwilling to listen to others ' opinions or advice ".

After the series, on 19 May the PCB replaced Afridi as ODI captain with Misbah-ul-Haq for the two-match ODI series against Ireland later that month.

* 21 destroyer – HMS Acasta ( sunk 8 June ), HMS Afridi ( sunk 3 May ), HMS Ardent ( sunk 8 June ), HMS Bedouin, HMS Cossack, HMS Eskimo, HMS Punjabi, HMS Hero, HMS Icarus, HMS Kimberley, HMS Forester, HMS Foxhound, HMS Hardy ( sunk 10 April ), HMS Hunter ( sunk 10 April ), HMS Hotspur, HMS Havock, HMS Hostile, HMS Gurkha ( sunk 9 April ), HMS Glowworm ( sunk 8 April ), HMS Wolverine, HMS Zulu

Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs.

Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 43 matches. Shahid Afridi has signed to play for the Sydney Thunderin Australia ’ s Twenty20 Big Bash league.

In five first-class matches he scored 295 runs at an average of 42. 14, including a highest score of 164, and took 11 wickets at an average of 46. 45 ; Afridi also played 11 one day matches for the club, scoring 481 runs at an average of 40. 08 and taking 18 wickets at 24. 04.

Afridi made his presence felt in the third Test against India in March 2005, scoring a quick-fire second-innings half-century and taking five wickets in the match ( including Tendulkar twice ) to help Pakistan to win the game and register a series draw.

England won the four-match Test series 3 – 0 ; Afridi played two matches, scoring 49 runs and took three wickets.

Pakistan lost the first two T20Is but won the third ; in final match Afridi became the first cricketer to reach 50 international wickets in the format.

Afridi helped in the lower order by scoring 24 and taking two crucial top order wickets to help guide Pakistan to a 43-run victory and their first ODI series win in two years.

In Pakistan's opening match of the tournament, Afridi took 5 wickets for 16 runs against Kenya, giving him the best bowling figures by a Pakistan bowler in a World Cup.

In the following match against Sri Lanka, which Pakistan won, Afridi claimed for more wickets to help his side to victory and became the second player to have scored 4, 000 runs and taken 300 wickets in ODIs.

Afridi took two wickets and scored 28 runs in the series.

In November 2011, Afridi became the only cricketer to score a half-century and take five wickets on two separate occasions in ODIs.

He was generally used by Pakistan from the 13th over onwards and finished the tournament with 13 wickets, making him the leading wicket taker ahead of Shahid Afridi and RP Singh.

Afridi, however, took four wickets for six Runs — including two no-balls and a wide — and was undoubtedly Man of the Match.