Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday allowed five players to work in commercials.

The players, including Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Younis Khan, Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar have been allowed to travel to Malaysia for filming commercial.

Earlier, PCB had advised five players, including captain Shahid Afridi, to avoid work in commercials.

The board had also advised the players to concentrate on the training camp being arranged at the Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium for the upcoming tour of New Zealand.

Pakistan will begin the tour with a warm-up game against Auckland on December 23.

It will be followed by three T20s, two Tests and six ODIs.