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 West Indies need 405 runs to win third and final test of the series against Pakistan here at National Stadium on fourth day stumps with eight wickets remaining.
The visitors lost wickets of Chris Gayle 02, bowled by Umar Gul and Ganga 02, who was declared LBW off Shahid Nazir.
Captain Brian Lara 18, and Ramnaresh Sarawan 11 were at the crease at stumps, as the play called off earlier due to bad light.
Record breaking Mohammad Yousuf and opener Mohammad Hafeez both scored centuries to help Pakistan take complete control of the match.
Leading the three-match series 1-0, the home side declared their second inning at 399-6, setting a target of 444 runs for West Indies to win the final test of the series.
Muhammad Yousuf played historic innings of 128 runs setting new national and international records. In the morning session, Yousuf established a new record for test runs in a calendar year when he overtook the 1710 scored by West Indian Viv Richards and continued his record breaking form by making his ninth century of 2006. His 128 is his second century of the test after he scored 102 in the first innings, giving him seven hundreds in eight tests against the West Indies.
The 32-year-old has now scored six hundreds in his last five tests, one century more than South Africa's Jacques Kallis, who made five hundreds in five matches. Australian great Donald Bradman registered six hundreds in six consecutive matches.
The West Indian bowlers were also made to suffer by Hafeez, who brought up his second test hundred soon after lunch from258 balls with 10 fours. He was finally out for 104, caught behind by Denesh Ramdin off Jerome Taylor after batting for 414 minutes and putting on149 runs from 262 balls with Yousuf for the third wicket.
Yousuf who resumed on 78 after lunch, reached his 23rd test hundred from 145 balls with 14 boundaries after being dropped on 68 by Daren Ganga off Ramnaresh Sarwan and on 87, when Taylor missed a caught and bowled chance.
Yousuf has also broke the record for the most hundreds in a year, moving clear of Richards and Sri Lankan Aravinda de Silva when he scored his eighth century of 2006.
During the course of his innings, Yousuf also established anew record for the highest aggregate in a three-match series surpassing the previous best of 583 runs held by compatriot Zaheer Abbas since in a home series against India in 1978.
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