KARACHI - The Karachi Center for Disputes Resolution (KCDR), an international standard mediation center to promote Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), launched its services for the settlement of commercial disputes in Pakistan, reported the Daily Dawn Online Newspaper.
“The pilot project would be replicated in due course in other provinces for providing an alternate to the prolonged conventional court procedures,” said Chairman of the Advisory Board of the KCDR Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui.
“At KCDR, mediation services can be utilized for settling commercial disputes that are pending in the civil courts/High Court of Sindh. Even those disputes, which have not been filed in the court as yet, can also be referred to the center,” he added.
The Center has been established under an International Finance Corporation (IFC)/World Bank project with the support and approval of the High Court of “Sindh,” the third largest province of Pakistan. It will also act as a mediation and training institute providing high quality mediators as well as training for mediators in Karachi.