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Mian Sheraz Javaid addressing a full PIDW conference room

Pakistan International Disputes Weekend

More than
a weekend.

A platform connecting dispute resolution, projects, business, investment, institutions and people to help build a more credible, connected and internationally confident Pakistan.

Since 2023, PIDW has brought judges, government, international institutions, industry, practitioners, universities and global professionals into one continuing conversation. That conversation is now becoming practical, year-round infrastructure.

ReviewReflectReviveBuild

Why PIDW exists

01

Dispute resolution is part of economic infrastructure.

Pakistan has substantial projects, industries, professional capability and strategic opportunity. International confidence is also influenced by how reliably contracts are administered, disagreements are managed and disputes are resolved.

PIDW brings those conversations together: courts and arbitration, mediation and dispute avoidance, engineering and law, projects and finance, domestic capability and international standards.

Opportunity+Contract confidence+Dispute infrastructure+Professional capability=Stronger conditions for business and investment

The journey

02

Four editions.
One expanding purpose.

Each edition widened the room, the agenda and the pathways that continue after the event.

PIDW23 regional seat panel in Lahore

Where the journey began

Ask the question.

PIDW23 brought the Bench, Bar, government, institutions and industry into a shared conversation on Pakistan's disputes future and regional potential.

  • Domestic arbitration reform
  • Mediation and the Singapore Convention
  • CPEC and regional-seat dialogue
Explore PIDW23
Judicial keynote at PIDW24 in Karachi

The platform became national

Deepen the infrastructure.

Co-hosted by the High Court of Sindh, PIDW24 expanded judicial, industry and institutional dialogue in Karachi.

  • Court-annexed mediation
  • Dispute avoidance
  • Energy, investment and construction disputes
Explore PIDW24
International opening address at PIDW25 in Islamabad

The platform became international

Bring global standards closer.

PIDW25 expanded international institutional participation, Global South connectivity and practical exchange in Islamabad.

  • LCIA joined as Co-Host
  • International arbitration and UNCITRAL reform
  • Institutional and business relationships
Explore PIDW25
PIDW visual representing the next Islamabad edition

The platform becomes a gateway

Build the next chapter.

PIDW26 brings reform, institutions, professional capability, projects, business and investment together in Islamabad on 10 and 11 October 2026.

  • Islamabad as a credible seat
  • International judicial dialogue
  • A connected year-round ecosystem
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Pakistan Declarations

03

From annual dialogue to a shared direction.

Each declaration records priorities emerging from its PIDW edition. These are stated directions for reform and continued work, not claims that every proposal has already been implemented.

2023

Ratified 21 May 2023

Priority areas recorded in the declaration

  • Model Law-aligned domestic arbitration legislation
  • International-standard commercial courts and arbitration institutions
  • Mediation and engagement with the Singapore Convention
  • Judicial reform, commercial courts, digitisation and dispute avoidance
  • Mentorship and greater opportunities for younger practitioners
View the full declarationPDF ↗

2024

Ratified 12 May 2024

Priority areas recorded in the declaration

  • Empowering Pakistani practitioners in international investment disputes
  • Transparency, accountability and stronger award enforcement
  • Formal mediation rules and engagement with the Singapore Convention
  • Institutional arbitration, domestic ADR and wider use of DAABs
  • Sector-focused reform and an implementation mechanism for annual declarations
View the full declarationPDF ↗

2025

Declared 12 October 2025

Priority areas recorded in the declaration

  • Modern arbitration legislation and Islamabad as a credible seat
  • Predictable and fair investment-dispute policy
  • Better contract administration and dispute avoidance for CPEC and infrastructure
  • Mainstream mediation and sector-sensitive dispute mechanisms
  • Professional capacity, responsible technology and Global South connectivity
View the full declarationPDF ↗

Impact with evidence

04

Progress needs precise language.

PIDW distinguishes direct activity, wider developments it helped advance, and platforms that are still being built.

PIDW impact thread A line moves through Review, Reflect, Revive, Connect, Enable and Build.
  1. Review
  2. Reflect
  3. Revive
  4. Connect
  5. Enable
  6. Build

PIDW did

Created the room

Convened editions, panels, roundtables and practical pathways that brought courts, institutions, professionals, industry and universities into direct conversation.

PIDW helped advance

Kept reform visible

Provided a forum for arbitration reform, mediation, dispute avoidance, judicial dialogue and the conditions required of a credible international seat.

PIDW is building

Extended the platform

Developing year-round routes for professional discovery, business relationships, investment orientation, market entry, knowledge and learning.

A broader disputes conversation

05

From specialist subject to economic infrastructure.

PIDW places dispute prevention and resolution beside the realities of investment, infrastructure, energy, construction and economic development.

  1. 01Avoid
  2. 02Manage
  3. 03Negotiate
  4. 04Mediate
  5. 05Adjudicate
  6. 06Arbitrate
  7. 07Litigate
  8. 08Enforce
Participants at the PIDW25 institutional ecosystem

Global standards, brought closer

International institutions in direct conversation with Pakistan.

PIDW26 identifies SCL Pakistan, Pakistan Engineering Council, LCIA, No5 Barristers' Chambers, Ciarb Pakistan Branch and DRBF among its Co-Hosts.

Meet the institutional network
Judges and institutional participants gathered at PIDW24

Judicial and professional dialogue

A national meeting point.

PIDW gives judges and professionals a forum to exchange perspectives on arbitration, mediation, dispute avoidance, enforcement, commercial justice and economic confidence.

Explore knowledge

Islamabad as Seat

A seat is more than a law.

It requires legislation, courts, institutions, practitioners, facilities, professional culture and international confidence. PIDW has carried that proposition from a 2023 question into a sustained programme.

Explore Islamabad as Seat

Knowledge and the next generation

Changing a market requires more than senior speakers.

PIDW extends into universities, students, researchers, policy organisations, young professionals and future contributors across law, engineering, business and public policy.

Explore knowledge

Pakistan to the world

Repeated contact changes the frame.

Every international institution that participates, every practitioner who travels to Pakistan and every serious professional conversation held here creates another point of direct experience with the country.

Pakistan to the World.
The World to Pakistan.

The next chapter

07

Islamabad
2026.

10 and 11 October 2026
Islamabad Marriott Hotel

The gateway edition.

PIDW26 brings the platform's reform, institutional, professional, project, business and investment strands together in Islamabad.

The Honourable Mr Justice David Waksman, Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court of England and Wales, joins the programme as keynote speaker, creating a further opportunity for international judicial and professional dialogue.

Behind the platform

08

Mission and execution remain distinct.

PIDW is the public platform and mission. MSJC LLP is the organising and execution engine behind it.

MSJC LLP

The organising engine.

MSJC LLP conceived, develops and organises PIDW, building partnerships, bringing stakeholders together and converting ideas into operating initiatives.

Global standard → Pakistan platform → Market access → Business enablement

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Barrister Mian Sheraz Javaid speaking at PIDW

Founder

Mian Sheraz Javaid, FCIArb

PIDW was conceived and founded by Barrister Mian Sheraz Javaid in 2022. His engineering and legal background shaped its interdisciplinary approach to projects, contracts, institutions, investment and disputes.

Meet the founder External site

Join the mission

This is an invitation to what Pakistan can build next.

Judiciary · Government · Industry · Institutions · Professionals · Universities · Investors · Businesses · Students · International Partners

Come. Join hands. Build with PIDW.