Pakistan’s hockey chiefs plan to push for the revival of bilateral matches against India during next month’s International Hockey Federation (FIH) meet in Switzerland.

Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Asif Bajwa said he will be meeting his Hockey India counterpart Narinder Batra in Montreux (Switzerland) to explore the possibilities of holding a Pakistan-India Test series in the near future.

“We are all for reviving bilateral hockey series with India,” Bajwa said.

“Such matches, if held on a regular basis, will benefit hockey in both the countries.”

Bajwa, a former Olympian, believes that unless Pakistan and India resume exchanging home-and-away matches on a regular basis, hockey will find it difficult to regain its lost glory in the sub-continent.

“For hockey to regain its lost popularity we have to attract fans and one great way to do that is to have regular Pakistan-India matches,” he told The News.