“Horrified by the Experience”? Reflections on a Pakistani Organisation’s Feedback About Doctoral Research Findings

Owais, Syed

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53857-6_15

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“…Moreover, besides following the precepts of the aforementioned committees, the researchers have been cautious even in reporting the research findings. Thus, having learned from the field that online gemstone traders operate precariously and keeping in view the general environment of too much policing in Pakistan and the jeopardy in which academic researchers operate (Owais, 2021), we consider it worthwhile to completely anonymize the participants. Thus, instead of using pseudonyms as typically prescribed for ethically responsible research (Bryman, 2012;Neuman, 2013), we have adopted a further safer approach by simply numbering interviewees' responses and eliminating their names altogether, i.e., interviewee-1, interviewee-2, and so on.…”

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Problems Faced by Online Gemstone Traders of NamakMandi market at Pakistani Airports

Owais,

Bangash,

Raza

2023

JBSEE

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Purpose: This paper analyses the views and experiences of gemstone traders at the NamakMandi (NM) gemstone market. Methodology: The paper draws on the data from a stakeholder’s workshop held at Bacha Khan University Charsadda (Pakistan) and ten (10) semi-structured interviews primarily with traders, which were conducted as part of a larger research project for identifying factors inhibiting the beneficiation of gemstones in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. Findings: The paper demonstrates that while the advent of the internet has ushered in quite a new era in the gemstone trade, particularly triggering higher interest among youth to initiate online gemstone businesses, but they are improvising and experimenting in an environment that is completely devoid of any official regulatory environment or support. In the face of the absence of relevant laws and regulations, the employees of the customs department at the airport resort to extortions and bribes both during the exportation and importation of gemstones in Pakistan. Implications: Unless an appropriate regulatory and supportive environment is created, online gemstone businesses may have a very sluggish growth, thus, taping its potential to create income-earning opportunities and revenue for the government.

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confidence: 99%