EXPLORING THE EFFICIENCY OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION COUNCIL (DRC) FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES IN DISTRICT LOWER DIR

Abstract

The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa introduced Dispute Resolution Councils for peaceful settlement of disputes in the existing justice system at several Police Stations of the province. The mission of this project is to facilitate the common person in getting his/her issues resolved through an alternate process of restorative justice by solving their disputes on urgent basis that would be time and cost effective. The study was designed to explore the Efficiency of DRC for peaceful settlement of disputes in District Dir Lower of KP. Objectives of the study were formulated as “to find out the Efficiency of DRC for peaceful settlement of disputes resolution in District Dir Lower of KP. Quantitative research model was applied in the current study. Secondary data was collected from
Head Office of DRC.Findings of the study show that majority of the respondents were enough confidant that DRC is playing a vital role while providing easy justice to the common public. Dominant portion of the respondents were agreed that DRC plays an efficient and effective role in decreasing the Disputes in the community.