Pakminerals has been buying gemstones and mineral specimens directly from miners and dealers across Pakistan since 2016: aquamarine, tourmaline, topaz and quartz from Skardu and the Shigar valley in Gilgit-Baltistan; tourmaline and specimens from Balochistan; emerald from Swat; and mixed rough from the Namak Mandi gem market in Peshawar. Every stone is natural and earth-mined. Rough is cut and polished by our own cutter, Waqar. The business is founded and owned by Bilawal Gul. Mehran Gul, our gem specialist, sources the stones from the mines and dealers and presents them in our videos. Pakminerals is a registered trade name of PAKSHILAJIT LLC, a Florida limited liability company, with operations in Abbottabad, Pakistan.