In this photograph taken on June 24, 2014, a Pakistani craftsman checks a gemstone at a workshop in Peshawar. — AFP/File PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday approved setting up a gemstone laboratory and technical training and certification centre to promote the mineral sector. The decision was made at a meeting of the Mineral Investment Facilitation Authority chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, according to a statement issued here. The meeting was informed that private sector companies would be engaged for establishing the laboratory to develop technical and professional expertise for processing raw gemstones and developing them into refined branded product to be introduced internationally.