Pakistan's First fast bowler was Imran Khan, who started the craze of fast bowling in our culture... Before Imran we had very good seam and swing bowlers (Fazal, Khan etc)... One more thing that Pakistan has, that most western countries don't is spinners, we always had very high quality spinners...
As far as batting is concerned, when we had grounds, good patient batsmen were coming from Karachi and stroke makers were coming from Lahore.... Hanif Mohammad had played one of the best innings in 130+ year of test cricket history. His 336 in WI after team was fellow on... In that innings Pakistan played 319 overs in second innings, that's also on uncovered pitches... Hanif was Symbol of patient and strong defense...
I think batting requires experience lot more than anything else, Pakistan historically plays lot less test cricket, on 6-10 test a year, where as ENG/AUS/SA play, 10-15 test a year. This makes a big difference in batting... Typical Pakistani batsmen only goes once or twice to seaming or bouncing conditions, that's why we cannot perform their.
Younis has being playing for 15 years, and has gone to SA 3 times, ENG 2 times and AUS 2 times, india once. looks at Cook, he is around since 2005 and has more tours to every country then YK in more than twice the time (Cook has played more test as well)... With that disparity how we can improve in bating??
I have less doubt in talent of our batsmen and bowlers (both pacers and spinners)... quantity of test cricket has being the main hindrance in the development of Pakistan to be the sides like AUS/SA... BTW: Pakistan has beaten ENG in ENG 3 times in last three decades... The Bounce of AUS/SA is bigger problem with our batsmen than anything else in those conditions... We don't have any bouncy wickets in Pakistan, that's why its very difficult for us to go their and win test (specially when we are going after 3-5 years)... If you loose first test, its difficult to come back...
Sorry for being side tracked... After typing all this I realize this discussion was not about Pakistan cricket