Islamabad, Dec. 17 : The Pakistan Cricket Board is still awaiting confirmation of India's tour next month, but has denied reports of a replacement series against Sri Lanka.

"We are still waiting for the response from the Board of Control for Cricket in India," PCB chief operating officer Saleem Altaf told The News on Tuesday.

The BCCI has sought clearance from its government for the tour of Pakistan, encompassing three Tests, five one-dayers and a Twenty20 match.

The status of the tour was put in jeopardy after Pakistan-India relations became increasingly tense in the wake of last month's terror attacks in Mumbai.

The International Cricket Council said last week it would encourage India to stick to its scheduled series in Pakistan, but also acknowledged it could not force the tour to go ahead.

"There's nothing the ICC can do on it. We cannot force member countries to tour Pakistan."

Pakistan is the only one of cricket's nine Test-playing nations who will end 2008 without playing a Test match. (ANI)