April 08, 2008	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 1, 1429

KARACHI, April 7: A two-week diamond grading training course organised by Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) has begun here.

The course is being attended by 17 people from gems and jewellery industry.

The training is being conducted by Mansoor Usman, a Graduate Gemmologist (Gemmological Institute of America), California, the USA.

The participants would learn the techniques of grading diamonds colour, clarity and cut wise.—APP