ABSTRACT

Conflict Resolution Research in Pakistan: Scope and Challenges to the Development of the Discipline
Maria Saifuddin Effendi

 

The emergence and development of the field of conflict resolution had taken roots dated back to 1960s at international level. The field was introduced after a rigorous research on having an alternate mechanism through which local or international disputes and conflicts can be managed and then ultimately resolved peacefully. In Europe, the field had been successfully introduced and was utilized in best possible manner. Where as, in third world countries, the development of the field is deplorably slower. In Pakistan, conflict resolution, as a field and discipline could not emerge as a popular one. With the existence of numerous intra-state issues, economic and socio-religious conflicts, the field is limitedly known and attended. Despite being taught as one of the optional/compulsory courses, conflict resolution could not be established as an avidly studied subject in Pakistan. Most of the time, students and researchers refer the discipline as an idealistic notion, which has no application in practical realm. The paper focuses on the existence of conflict resolution as a subject and field in Pakistani society. It tries to trace the scope of the field in the country. The paper also contains main challenges and impediments towards the growth of the discipline. Ways to improve the situation and less popularity of the subject will also be suggested in the paper.

 

 

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