Pakistani delegates visit JCK New Delhi 2008

Gold Art Promotion Council(GAPC)- Pakistan's gems and jewelry delegation visited JCK New Delhi 2008 on Monday with a hope to initiate some trade relations between India and Pakistan in the gems and jewelry segment.

"We are visiting this exhibition with a hope to develop a healthy trade relation between India and Pakistan," said a delegate member and chief executive of BM Jewelry, Sh Abdul Basit.

From the last year, the Pakistani team has been trying hard to sort out with the governmental policies of India as well as Pakistan in a hope to be able to put up a stall in the JCK New Delhi exhibition.

"We would like to request the Indian government to ease some policies for Pakistan so that it is feasible for us to develop a trade relation between the two countries," Basit said.

The team also mentioned that apart from the policies, the duties on the jewelry are very high hence making it difficult for them to build a profitable trade relation with India.

The team was very excited to visit the various jewelry booths and was very excited to witness some exclusive designs which are also unavailable in Pakistan.

"We have seen through the booths and we witnessed many beautiful designs like the Kolkata and the South Indian jewelry art which are unavailable in Pakistan, but we also noticed that there is some exclusive craftsmanship in Pakistan too, like our bangle work, which is not available in India. We hope that some day we are able to exchange our unique products to each other" said the team of Pakistani delegates.

Post JCK New Delhi 2008, the team also plans to visit IIJS which is to be held next month in Mumbai. The delegates had visited several other Indian jewelry exhibitions even in 2007.