The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on May 20 issued a notification for enforcement of the KP Alternate Dispute Resolution Act, 2020, and rules framed thereunder in six of the seven tribal districts, which were merged with the province in 2018.
With the enforcement of the Act in the said six districts, including South Waziristan, Kurram, Orakzai, Khyber, Mohmand and Bajaur, now three different laws have been in vogue in the province for alternate dispute resolution (ADR).
While the KP Police Act, 2017, provides for setting up of dispute resolution councils (DRCs), the KP Local Government Act, 2013, envisages establishment of mediation council for settlement of civil disputes.