The two were also expected to meet at the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League season on August 20, before squaring off again at the World Athletics Championships, scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan, in September.
However, Salman Butt did leave the window open for one Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem duel before the big one at Tokyo, saying that the Pakistani ace may compete in one event before Tokyo25 if deemed fit medically.
Nadeem recently marked a triumphant return to action by winning the gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, the Republic of Korea, last month. It was his first competitive outing since becoming the Olympic champion.
Nadeem will be hoping to depose Neeraj of his world title in Tokyo this September, having finished with a silver medal behind his Indian rival in Budapest two years ago.
In June last year, Nadeem was forced to withdraw from the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland with a minor calf injury but returned to action a month later at the Paris Diamond League before striking gold at the Olympics.