The Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) has established country's first Gems and Jewellery Training and Manufacturing Centre (GJTMC) in Saddar Town, Karachi. A PGJDC announcement said on Monday that the establishment of GJTMC was the result of one of the core strategic initiatives taken of the PGJDC aiming to raise value chain productivity.
'This Centre is a unique idea to facilitate the gems and jewellery industry in technology upgradation, skill development of miners, gems processing and jewellery manufacturing through training and provision of required equipment and facilities', said the statement. The centre is the first of the four planned centres to be established by the PGJDC. Such centres were also being established in Lahore, Gilgit and Quetta it was further stated. The PGJDC has introduced CAD/CAM, a state of the art jewellery manufacturing technology in Pakistan.-PR