Sadullah will not be able to join the camp because he is playing in the Maldives league.
“I am in contact with Sadullah and he will surely be part of our squad. But he will join us in Al-Ain because of his commitment in Maldives,” Shamlan said.
In the qualifiers, Kuwait, Pakistan, Jordon, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan will be featuring.
Shamlan said they would like to proceed to Al-Ain a week before the start of the competitions.
“I want to see my team in Al-Ain at least a week before the event. And if we are able to get a couple of practice matches against the local clubs in the UAE it would help us,” the coach said.
Shamlan is also mulling over the holding of camp in Karachi because its weather is quite similar to the UAE.
The qualifiers were earlier scheduled to be held in Lahore from March 23 to 31 but were shifted to UAE following suicide attacks on churches at the Youhanabad area of Punjab capital.
The incident had also forced FIFA to shift the World Cup qualifiers tie between Pakistan and Yemen to Manama, Bahrain.
Pakistan will start their Under-23 Championship qualifiers journey with the game against Turkmenistan on May 16. This will be followed by their match against Jordon on May 18, Kuwait on May 20 and Kyrgyzstan on May 24.
The competitions of the other groups have already been completed.
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Syria, Australia, DPR Korea, Korea Republic, Japan and China have made it to the next year’s 16-team tournament proper to be hosted by Qatar. Besides, group winners, five best second-placed sides will also make it to the tournament proper.
After the first round exit from the World Cup qualifiers, the Under-23 event will be a testing time for Pakistan.
This might be the last event for Mohammad Shamlan as Pakistan’s coach as he has decided to quit after the expiry of his two-year contract on July 30.
The 2016 AFC Under-23 Championship also serves as qualifiers for the 2016 Rio Olympics, with the top three teams qualifying.