Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Pakistan: Bridging Gaps to Ensure Justice

Abstract

This research article deals with Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and how the Pakistani legal system faces issues as ADR is very crucial for the Pakistani legal system. Like many developing countries, Pakistan also has systemic issues within its conventional judicial system, which delays and renders justice to the parties involved extremely slowly. The torrent of cases flooding the courts and often compounded by procedural labyrinth and resource constraints, makes for long waits for litigants to get their cases decided upon. Thus, many are pushed far away from the hope of justice, and public confidence in the legal system is brought down, so that social discord is prolonged. The requirements and needs of ADR in Pakistan are comprehensively dealt with by this article. It aims to shed light on the mechanisms, benefits, challenges and way forward of the transformative potential of ADR in Pakistani context. This research presents a detailed analysis of ADR’s important role in bridging the gaps in the legal system.