‘Gem and jewellery sector needs to be upgraded’: Daily Times

Staff Report

LAHORE: Pakistan’s gem and jewellery sector has the potential for expansion and achieving export target if it is provided with latest technology, training and supportive infrastructure.

This was the upshot of the speeches delivered at the seminar titled ‘Developing Gems and Jewellery Sector of Pakistan for the Future’ arranged by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Monday.

President LCCI Mian Muzaffar Ali, Vice President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, Chairman Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) Mutti Ullah Sheikh, Standing Committee Convener LCCI Mohammad Aslam, Dean of School of Visual Arts BNU Prof Salima Hashmi, Director PGJDC Asadur Rehman Sheikh, Director TDAP Sajid Hussain, CEO Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design Ms Hina Tiyyaba and Dr Shahzad Alam of PCSIR spoke on occasion.

All the speakers were one voiced that there is a need to create awareness among the stakeholders so that the potential available in this sector could be tapped.

Enumerating the issues being faced by the gems and jewellery sector, they said that the absence of specific gem-related mining policy, obsolete mining machinery, shortage of skilled manpower, dearth of creativity, lack of global market knowledge and export methodology are hurting the entire sector in a big way.

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