Pakistan closed day three of the first Test one behind South Africa at 103-2.Scorecard
Ashwell Prince (138) scored his sixth Test ton and put on 213 with Herschelle Gibbs (94) to guide the hosts to a substantial first innings advantage.
But Pakistan, who were angered by several decisions going against them, took five wickets for 35 in 11 overs, Mohammad Asif finishing with 5-89.
Jaques Kallis took two quick wickets, before Imran Farhat and Younis Khan compiled an unbroken 45 in 12 overs.
Kallis was introduced in the 15th over and struck with his third ball, drawing Mohammad Hafeez into an edge that Graeme Smith gleefully snapped up at first slip.
Yasir Hameed, who hit Shaun Pollock for two fours in three balls in the previous over, fell victim to a slower ball from Kallis, who rolled his fingers across the seam.
Younis, an even more important member of the side in the absence of Mohammad Yousuf, had a moment of fortune as he survived an lbw appeal on 16, with Pakistan still 28 behind.
Prince, who scored 121 in the second Test with India in December, began the day on 77 and enjoyed two strokes of luck before falling to the last ball before lunch.
The tourists were generally wasteful with the second new ball, taken half an hour into the morning but Asif was aggrieved not to dismiss Prince for 98 with a delivery on leg stump.
Left-hander Prince flicked Rana Naved-ul-Hasan off his hip to bring up his second century of the season from 178 deliveries, and celebrated with three boundaries from the rest of the over.
Later, Nazir claimed he had taken Prince low to his left but television umpire Karl Hurter ruled he had scooped the catch from the grass.
Pakistan got their man when Prince advanced down the pitch to leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and was beaten, although it took wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal a second attempt to remove the stumps.
From there, though, three wickets fell for eight in three overs.
Naved found some considerable in-swing and this accounted for Gibbs, six short of his 14th Test century.
Kaneria, who displayed his displeasure with a needless throw at the stumps when Pollock was at the crease, had some success in the next over when Harris was bowled behind his legs by a sharply turning leg-break.
Naved collected a second wicket when another inswinger uprooted Andre Nel's middle stump and thought he had last man Makhaya Ntini bang in front shortly afterwards.
Having seen that appeal rejected, Naved was then driven for four next ball by Ntini, bringing up the South Africa 400.
Pollock, who pulled Naved high over mid-wicket for six and quickly reached 39, protected Ntini as much as possible, refusing singles to fielders put back on the boundaries, but the tailender eventually fended one low to slip.
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