"We have not yet received his passport from the Canadian High Commission and since the team has to leave (Wednesday), we can't wait," Pakistan Cricket Board chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

"Yousuf would have made it to the final 15-member squad had we got his passport back."

The tournament features Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Canada and will be played in Toronto from Oct. 10-13.

Rookie opening batsman Shoaib Khan impressed selectors in the ongoing national Twenty20 tournament in Lahore and was named in the squad.

Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar also returns after the PCB dropped its opposition for not paying an outstanding fine of seven million Pakistan rupees (C$98,000) and allowed him to compete in the domestic Twenty20 tournament.

Akhtar guided his Islamabad Leopards teams into the semifinals of the tournament and impressed selectors with his bowling.

The Toronto tournament will be Pakistan's first competitive event since it hosted the Asia Cup in July.

Foreign teams have expressed security reservations over touring Pakistan due to an increasing number of suicide bombings. That forced the International Cricket Council to postpone September's Champions Trophy in Pakistan for a year.

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Squad:

Shoaib Malik (captain), Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Shoaib Khan, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Anwar Ali, Abdul Rauf, Sohail Khan.