1.0Daily The Businesshttps://thebusiness.com.pkM J Hayathttps://thebusiness.com.pk/author/m-j-hayyat/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://thebusiness.com.pk/gems-and-jewellery-sector-suffers-loss-of-over-rs-2-50b-covid-19-lockdown/">Gems and Jewellery sector suffers loss of over Rs 2.50b COVID-19 lockdown</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thebusiness.com.pk/gems-and-jewellery-sector-suffers-loss-of-over-rs-2-50b-covid-19-lockdown/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Gems and Jewellery sector suffers loss of over Rs 2.50b COVID-19 lockdown” — Daily The Business" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://thebusiness.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/0-2.jpg1105707Gems and Jewellery sector has suffered loss of over Rs 2.50 billion during the COVID-19 lockdown while over 0.8 million workers are sitting idle without work in homes.These views were shared by All Pakistan Gem and Jewellers and Merchants Association vice chairman Muhammad Rizwan Akhtar Shamsi while talking to Daily the Business here the other day.