The Inter-Services Hockey Championship will be played in Peshawar from August 23 to 29. The three teams of the Defense Services will compete against each other to win the title of the event. Defending champion Pakistan Navy will defend its title at the Inter-Services Hockey Championship hosted by the Pakistan Air Force. Syed Zahir Shah has been appointed as Tournament Director of the event by PHF while Syed Zulfiqar Haider will be acting Umpires Manager. Among the technical officials are Syed Ali Abbas (Gujranwala), Hamza Tufail (Peshawar) and Rana Sajid (Habib Bank). The umpiring panel includes Yasir Khurshid (Railways), Syed Sabteen Raza (National Bank) and Hafiz Atif Malik (Lahore). The meeting of team managers and officials will be held at 4:00 pm.