Khurram Manzoor was unbeaten on 41 and with him debutant Shan Masood was on a confident 36 as Pakistan trail South Africa's first innings total of 249 by 172 runs.
Both Pakistani openers negotiated a four-pronged South African pace attack without any trouble on a Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch which had little on offer for the fast bowlers.
Khurram, playing his tenth Test, has so far hit four boundaries while Masood, a prolific scorer in Pakistan's domestic matches, has also hit as many boundaries.
Masood then took the score past 50 to help Pakistan to their first half-century opening stand in 13 innings as they have long struggled to find a reliable opening pair. The Masood-Khurram pairing is Pakistan's sixth in the last seven Tests.
Earlier, Mohammad Irfan (3/44) dismissed centurion Hashim Amla off the second ball of the day after South Africa had resumed at 245/8.
Amla, who made 118, edged a sharp Irfan delivery straight into the hands of slip where Younis Khan held a regulation catch. He hit 13 boundaries off 252 balls and anchored the South African innings on Monday.
With the catch Younis equalled Javed Miandad's all-time Test catches record for Pakistan with 93. Miandad reached the tally in 124 Tests but Younis was quicker in 85 matches.
Debutant left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar took 3/89 while Saeed Ajmal had figures of 2/59.
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