Empowering Communities for Peace: The Barkhan Aman Committee and its Potential for Replication

Abstract

This study is based on M.Phil. research work and aim to find the method and procedures of community dispute resolution to be followed by the locals to settle their disputes as well as to evaluate the potential to support the government. The researcher used quantitative research in this study, and data was collected from four union councils: Saddar Barkhan, KulRakni, NaharKot, and Vitakari. For the selection of union councils, simple random sampling was used; the sample size was 398 for the study calculated by Taro Yamani Formula (1967), and proportionate sampling was used for the selection of the respondents. The researcher collected the data from the respondents through a structured questionnaire. The researcher used univariate analysis to find the frequencies and percentages of the responses from the respondents and bivariate analysis to find the correlations between the independent and dependent variables. The major findings of the study indicated that most of the respondents were very satisfied with the CDR and believed that it was culturally viable and financially suitable. Based on this study, the civil administration and members of the community should collaborate with the disputants to settle their clashes, which can help minimize the number of cases.