ARMS CREATIVE INDUSTRY OF DARA ADAM KHEL: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS

Authors

  • Muhammad Kamran Afridi Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
  • Muhammad Imran Afridi Pukyon National University Bosan, South Korea
  • Jalal Shahzada University of Peshawar

Abstract

Creative industry is an emerging concept in Pakistan and some of the other Asian countries.
This industry is providing employment opportunity to a big chunk but on the other hand, it’s
a vehicle for cultural identity as well. The study’s aim is to investigate those elements which
are responsible for the establishment of this non-registered arms and ammunition units
(traditional production factory) in Dara Adam Khel (DAK), a creative industry of Pakistan
which is providing employment opportunities to thousands of families in DAK, a town
situated 29kilometers south of Peshawar. The study examines the technical aspects of the
unit workers and focuses the possible irritant factors which hamper this arms industry from
further development. For the study,30 unit workers and owners were interviewed. According
to the respondents, these units are capable to make all sorts of arms if proper protocol and
attention is given to this industry. People adopt and carry arms and the arms industries as
custom of the area but currently these traditional production units are the main sources of
earning for hundreds of families. Some of the businessmen involved in the production of
arms, started registering their illegal businesses (Un-Registered) with the government of
Pakistan and due to this flow, some of the owners switched/shifted their units to the Industrial area, Small Industrial Development Board (SIDB) situated on the Kohat road
Peshawar. 

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Published

2017-01-23

How to Cite

Muhammad Kamran Afridi, Muhammad Imran Afridi, & Jalal Shahzada. (2017). ARMS CREATIVE INDUSTRY OF DARA ADAM KHEL: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS . Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 3(1), 73–87. Retrieved from https://pjsel.jehanf.com/index.php/journal/article/view/115