In the petition, lawyer Fawad Afzal Khan had pleaded that the KP Alternate Dispute Resolution Act, 2020, was in conflict with the Constitution. — DawnNewsTV/File PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to declare a provincial law on alternate dispute resolution illegal and unconstitutional. A bench consisting of Justice Lal Jan Khattak and Justice Shakeel Ahmad announced a short order for the purpose after the completion of arguments by advocate general Shumail Ahmad Butt and petitioner’s counsel Noor Alam Khan. The detailed verdict will be released afterwards. In the petition, lawyer Fawad Afzal Khan had pleaded that the KP Alternate Dispute Resolution Act, 2020, was in conflict with the Constitution and that the executive had encroached on the functions of the judiciary through it.