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" IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FORALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FORALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN PAKISTAN   By Mian Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan   Discourage Litigation. Persuade neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser in fees, expenses and a waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of becoming a good man.   Abraham Lincoln Notes for a law lecture July 1, 1850   Mediation in the international context is a relatively recent phenomenon. As an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism, third-party neutral mediation is firmly entrenched in the legal ethos and procedural rules of most common law jurisdictions; such as the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. However, in the rest of the world, including many European, Latin American and Asian nations with civil law traditions, mediation remains an elusive concept. Nevertheless, the last half of the 20th century Chas laid witness to increasing regional economic integration and globalization trends. Domestic and international efforts at harmonization and unification,1 particularly under the auspices of the United Nations Commission on International Trade (UNCITRAL)2 and the Hague Conference on Private International Law3 have resulted in bilateral and multilateral treaties and conventions in the areas of private international law (PRIV-IL) and public international law (PUB-IL), giving rise to a modern lex mercatoria.4 Parallel developments in international arbitration (the New York Conventions5 and the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration6 and international trade law (The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the…