Wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal has been axed from the Pakistan squad for the two Twenty20 Internationals against England later this month.
The veteran came under fire during his side's recent 3-0 Test series thrashing at the hands of Australia and has been replaced by Sarfraz Ahmed for the matches in Dubai.
Also missing from the 14-man squad are opening batsmen Salman Butt and paceman Mohammad Asif, who is barred from entering Dubai after his 19-day detention there in 2008 for possession of opium.
The squad will be led by Shoaib Malik in the absence of Shahid Afridi, who is named in the squad but is unavailable for the first game on February 19 as he completes a two-match ban for ball-tampering.
"If Afridi was not banned he would have led the side," said the PCB's Wasim Bari, who confirmed Afridi will return as captain in the Twenty20 World Cup starting in April.
Coach Intikhab Alam will not travel with the team with former Test batsman Ijaz Ahmed, recently named as batting and fielding coach of the T20 squad, taking charge.
Pakistan have also recalled fit-again all-rounders Abdul Razzaq and Yasir Arafat.
Squad: Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Khalid Latif, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik (captain), Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, Abdul Razzaq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Umar Gul, Muhammad Talha, Fawad Alam, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal.
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