England will play a three-Test series in Pakistan as part of the World Test Championship in December, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Monday.
Rawalpindi will host the first Test from December 1-5 while the second Test will be played at Multan from December 9-13. Pakistan's favourite home ground - the National Stadium at Karachi - will host the third and final Test from December 17-21.
Pakistan has lost just two Test matches at Karachi out of 44, with one of the defeats coming against England in 2000. South Africa won the other Test when it beat Pakistan by 160 runs in 2007. Pakistan has won 23 Test matches at the National Stadium.
It will be England's first Test tour to Pakistan since 2005. England is also scheduled to play a seven-match T20I series in Pakistan next month as a build-up for the T20 World Cup in Australia before returning in December for the Test series.
England will be playing a Test match in Rawalpindi for the first time. Pakistan has happy memories in Multan where it beat England by 22 runs during its last tour 17 years ago.
England is in seventh place in the WTC points table while Pakistan is fifth.