Having reached 239-8 at tea, Australia were dismissed early in the evening session for 261, but the home side elected not to enforce the follow-on.
Top scorer Mitchell Marsh (87) was the first to fall, edging anImran Khan ball to Rahat Ali, heading back to the pavilion 13 runs short of a century.
Peter Siddle followed in the next over before Mitchell Starc had managed to get off the mark, leaving the tourists 309 runs short of their opponents' first-innings total.
However, it did not take Australia long to remove Pakistan's opening batsmen as they swiftly reduced the hosts to 21-2.
Ahmed Shehzad added just 14 before Mitchell Johnson removed his off-stump, and the fast bowler sentMohammad Hafeez back to the pavilion.
Younis Khan reached 16 before stumps, while Azhar Ali will resume on 21 when play resumes tomorrow.
Tea Report: Pakistan's bowlers continued to pressure Australia's batsmen as the Men in Green took another three wickets, limiting Australia to 239-8 at tea on the third day of the second Test.
Australia looked deflated at lunch after Pakistan's bowlers were in fine form, taking four wickets earlier in the day.
Mitchell Marsh put on a strong batting performance, passing his half-century and is currently sitting on 75 runs, but it doesn't look to be enough as his side trail Pakistan by 321 runs, with only two wickets remaining.
Mohammad Khan claimed the wicket of Michael Clarke as a reverse swinging delivery beat the Australian captain all ends up, bringing the end of Australia's best partnership.
Australia need to score another 132 runs to avoid the follow-on.
Lunch Report: Pakistan's bowlers were in fine form in Abu Dhabi this morning as Australia lost four batsmen and crashed to 120-5 at lunch on the third day of the second Test.
The visitors got things underway with their score on 22-1,Chris Rogers being the only wicket to fall on day two for the Australians, after Pakistan declared on 570 for six wickets.
Opener David Warner was the first to walk on Saturday when he sliced at a Rahat Ali ball and was caught deep with his score on 19.
Glenn Maxwell came in with the score on 34-2 and started well, but could not deal with the fine form of Zulfiqar Babar, who bowled Maxwell out for 37.
When Nathan Lyon, who had been batting for more than 90 minutes, finally succumbed to the pace of Rahat Ali he had faced 85 deliveries, and matters soon worsened for the visitors.
After a review, Steven Smith was given out lbw after a Babar delivery that spun by the outside edge was judged to have been on course to collide with the middle stump.
Captain Michael Clarke and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh were still at the wicket at the break, with their scores on 34 and 8 respectively.
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