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" ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION   Brief paper read out by Iris Lordship Mr. Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain at the conclusion of the session of the Second Annual Judicial Conference held on Saturday the 24th September, 2005 which session His Lordship chaired.'   By   Mr. Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain, Judge, Lahore High Court & Member Sub-Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) constituted by National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee (NJPMC)   My learned brother Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, the Hon'ble Senior Puisne Judge, brother Judges, the Registrar of the Lahore High Court, the Registrar Peshawar High Court who is here on request and invitation, the learned Presiding Officer of the Provincial Judiciary, gentlemen and a lady. After that thought-provoking papers have been read' by my learned brothers, I am not supposed to make a speech, however, in view of the importance of the hot topic of A.D.R. (Alternate Dispute Resolution) I would take few minutes and say few words in the context of the same.   In order to avoid lengthy, expensive, stressful and agonizing litigation, Alternate Dispute Resolution has since long, engaged the attention of the civil society. Various modes and techniques have been adopted and followed for dispute resolution from time to time. For instance direct negotiations (without the involvement of any third party) to settle a dispute is an ideal mode leaving all the parties happy with the outcome of such amicable settlement. Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration are some of the other modes engaging third party intervention of appointing neutral persons to bring about settlement of disputes. The society and set-up in which we live, since long the efforts used to be made to settle the…