All-rounder Razzaq provides balance to the Pakistan team

It had been thought Razzaq might miss the start of the series after being admitted to hospital in Karachi with a severe chest infection.

Razzaq missed the Test series against England with an elbow probelm but returned in the one-day internationals.

Raza's exclusion frees up a place for uncapped batsman Rafatullah Mohmand.

Mohmand, 29, who also bowls left-arm spin, hit a half-century for Pakistan A in a win against England in December.

And there is also a place in the camp for Umar Gul, the 21-year-old seamer.

He impressed in Pakistan's victory over India in the second Test in 2004 but was then out for a year with a back problem.

Pakistan conditioning camp (Lahore, 5-10 January): Inzamam-ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Kamran Akmal, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria, Arshad Khan, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Asim Kamal, Yasir Hameed, Rafatullah Mohmand.