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Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is the prime official agency of Pakistan, responsible for collection,
compilation and dissemination of reliable and timely statistical information to the policy makers, planners
and researchers. It publishes a variety of reports, based on primary and secondary data, especially on
economics and social aspects of the country. After independence of Pakistan, Central Statistical Office
(CSO) was setup by the Government of Pakistan in 1950 as an attached department of Economic Affairs
Division. Since then statistical system was reviewed from time to time by both local and foreign
consultants. In 1972, on the recommendation of IBRD Mission, Central Statistical Office (CSO) was
upgraded to a full-fledged Statistics Division. The Division was re-organized in 1981 and its technical
wing (the then CSO) was converted into Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) as one of its attached
departments. As a step forward Government of Pakistan has established Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, by
merging Federal Bureau of Statistics, the Population Census Organization, The Agriculture
Census Organization and the Technical wing of Statistics Division.

Functions of PBS
 Collection, compilation and analysis of statistical data relating
to various sectors of economy
 Publication of statistical data
 Supply of statistical information to Federal Ministries,
Provincial Governments and other organizations
 Research with a view of improving statistics
 Exchange of statistical information with foreign countries
 Technical advice and statistical coordination with other
departments
 Evaluation and introduction of standard concepts, definition and
classifications pertaining to national statistical series
 Clearance of statistical projects undertaken by different
organizations
 Evaluation of efficient computation methods for statistical
estimation
 Implementation of policy laid down by the Ministry / Division
by suitably adopting the Statistical System of Pakistan to
conform with the policy
 Undertaking the National censuses and surveys

Main Activities of PBS

Collection and compilation of statistical data relating to various socio-economic sectors through primary,
secondary sources and administrative records of the government:

a) PRIMARY SOURCE
 1. Price Statistics
2. Labour Force Statistics
3. Demographic Statistics
4. Household Income & Expenditure Statistics
5. Statistics on Social & Economic status of household
6. Private Building Construction Statistics
7. Population & Housing Census
8. Agriculture & Livestock Census

b) SECONDARY SOURCE

1. Statistics of Manufacturing Industries

2. Social Statistics like Education, Health, Sports and Culture
3. Mining and Electricity Undertakings Statistics
4. Business and Communication

c) ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

1. Foreign Trade Statistics

2. Public Finance Statistics
3. Publication of Statistical data.
4. Supply of Statistical information to Federal Ministries,
Provincial Governments and other National & International
Organizations.
5. To provide advice in technical matters like sample designing
and preparation of questionnaires to other agencies/departments
6. Evaluation and introduction of standard concepts, definitions
and classifications pertaining to national statistical series.
7. Evaluation of statistical methods for estimation.
8. On job training to the working statisticians of various
Federal/Provincial organizations.
9. Preparation of National Accounts.

Statistical Acts
 The General Statistics (Reorganization) Act, 2011
 Draft Report on Service Structure and Service Rules
 Addendum to the Draft Report on Service Structure and Service
Rules

SROs
 S.R.O. 82(KE)/2018, dated 02-08-2018
 S.R.O. 493(I)90, dated 31-05-1990
 S.R.O. 1060(I)88, dated 23-11-1988
 S.R.O. 250(I)85, dated 20-03-1985
  S.R.O. 774(I) 82, dated 07-08-1982

PBS Policies
 Internship Policy
 Data Dissemination Policy

Budget Estimates Regarding Receipts for the Financial Year 2019-20

S.No. Head of Account Amount (In Rupees)

1. C02401 - Sale of Census Publications 50,000

2. C02470 - Misc. Receipts. 800,000

Grand Total: 850,000

Budgetary Allocation for the Financial Year 2019-20

S.No. Head of Account Amount (In Rupees)

1. A01 - Employees Related Expenses 1,721,227,000

A011-1 - Salary of Officers 327,935,000

A011-2 - Salary of Staff 774,286,000

A012 - Alowances of Officers & Staff 619,006,000

 2. A03 - Operational expenses 399,828,000

3. A04 - Employees Retirement Benefits 55,006,000

4. A05 - Subsidies / Grants disbursed 81,450,000

5. A06 - Transfers 1,000

6. A09 - Physical Assets 1,583,000

7. A13 - Repair & Maintenance 15,905,000

Grand Total: 2,275,000,000

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are different approaches to compile GDP?
 Production Approach
 Expenditure Approach
 Income Approach

2. What is the current base year?

1999-2000

3. What will be the new base year?

2005-06

4. What is the difference between GDP at constant and current prices?

GDP at Constant Price: GDP at constant prices indicates economic growth to measure the
performance of the economy over time or in comparison with other countries/in comparison with
previous periods. It is also known as real GDP.

GDP at Current Prices: The market value of goods and services produced in a country during a
year. It is also known as nominal GDP.

5. What are major sectors of the economy of Pakistan?

 Agriculture
 Industry
 Services

6. How per capita income of Pakistan is calculated?

GNP/Total Population

7. When were the input/output tables compiled last time?

1990-1991

8. How the number of users are calculated for CPR?

100 Units of Condom=1user; 13 cycles of Oral Pills= 1user; 5 vials of Injectable=1user; 1

insertion of IUD=1user and 1 cases of Contraceptive Surgery= 1 user.
9. What is the concept of Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) and how it
is calculated?

The CPR is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose life partners are practicing,
any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women aged 15-49 years only. The
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) is calculated on the basis of consumption of contraceptive
by converting number of units sold into users.

CPR (%)= No. of Users x 100

MWRA (MWRA=married women of reproductive age)

10. How CYP is calculated?

144 Units of Condom=1CYP; 15 Cycles of Oral Pills= 1CYP; 5 Vials of Injectable=1CYP; 1

Insertion of IUD = 3.5 CYP and 1 Case of Contraceptive Surgery = 12.5 CYP.

11. What is the concept of CYP?

The term Couple Years of Protection (CYP) is one of several commonly used indicators to assess
the family planning efforts. It refers to the protection provided by contraceptive methods during
one-year period, based upon the volume of all contraceptives sold or distributed to clients during
that period. It is also an indirect estimator of birth control.

12. What are Data sources?

The data sources are: The Provincial Population Welfare Departments (PWDs); Population
Welfare Departments AJK, GB ,FATA; District Population Welfare Office, Islamabad; Family
Planning Association of Pakistan (FPAP) ; Marie Stopes Society of Pakistan (NGO); Social
Marketing of Contraceptive (SMC) and Regional Training Institutes (RTIs).

13. What is Methodology for the compilation of Contraceptive Performance

reports?

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics collects contraceptive performance data on monthly basis by
post, through e-mail and by fax. After editing and coding, the data is classified according to
tabulation plan and processed at Data Processing Centre of PBS. The data is entered on monthly
basis and thereafter consolidated in the form of quarterly and annual report.
14. How does Contraceptive Performance data flow?

The District Population Welfare Office collects Contraceptive Performance Reports from all
reporting units (Family Welfare Centers, Reproductive Health Services Centers-A, Mobile
Service Units etc.), After consolidating, these reports are transmitted to its provincial Population
Welfare Department. The provincial Population Welfare Departments forward these reports to
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Apart from the provincial departments, FATA, AJK, GB, eminent
NGOs (FPAP, Marie Stopes and SMC) also provide Contraceptive Performance data to PBS for
compilation of quarterly & annual reports.

15. What are the objectives of Contraceptive Performance Reports?

These reports provide basis for estimating annual contraceptive requirement and distribution in
the country.

16. What are the annual inflation rates for the last five years?

Statement showing yearly indices and %change in CPI, SPI & WPI
(Base year 2007-08=100) How one can obtain the historical data regarding prices/price indices?

The historical data regarding price indices/prices can be obtained on demand according to PBS
data dissemination policy.

17. How PBS assign weights to different items?

For CPI, Family Budget survey was conducted during 2007-08 and weight for each item were
assigned according to consumption pattern of the households. For WPI, the value of marketable
surplus was used for deriving the weights of item. The value of marketable surplus is the value of
item available for sale in the wholesale market, which is equal to the total value of production
less consumption by producer plus imports, minus export if any.

18. Which classification is being used by PBS?

COICOP (Classification Of Individual COnsumption according to Purpose) is currently being

used for CPI items, while CPC (Central Product Classification) is being used for WPI items.

19. What is the schedule for release of Price indices?

PBS is releasing the weekly SPI report on every Friday, while CPI, WPI & monthly SPI figures
are released on 1st or 2nd of every month.
 20. How many items are included in the basket of goods and services of CPI,
SPI and WPI?

The basket of CPI comprises of 487 items, WPI comprises of 463 items, while SPI basket
comprises of 53 essential items.

21. What formula is being used for computation of Price indices by PBS?

The weighted Laspeyre’s formula is used for computation of price indices.

22. What is the coverage of Price Indices?

Detail of coverage is as under:

 SPI prices are being collected from 53 markets of 17 cities.

 CPI prices are being collected from 76 markets of 40 cities.
 WPI prices are being collected from 21 wholesale markets of 21 cities.

23. What is base year of current Price Indices?

Currently, PBS is computing the three indices with base 2007-08.

24. What is periodicity of price indices?

The CPI and WPI are computed on monthly basis, while SPI is computed on weekly basis.

25. What are the main Price Indices being computed by PBS on regular basis?

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is computing the following three indices on regular basis:-

1. Consumer Price Index (CPI)

2. Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
3. Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)

26. What is the format of PSLM data for users?

Data is usually available in ASCII format, but for the convenience of data users, data is also
converted in to SPSS and STATA format and provided along with questionnaire, coding scheme
used for survey including Industry & Occupation codes.
27. How one can have PSLM data?

Micro data can be provided as per dissemination policy of PBS, which is available at the
website www.pbs.gov.pk.

28. Is HIES data available at District Level?

No, HIES data comprising of approximately 18000 households and it is representative at

National/provincial level, therefore it cannot be disaggregated at district level.

29. Are the PSLM & HIES same or different surveys?

The PSLM surveys are conducted at district level and at Provincial level respectively in alternate
years. PSLM District level survey collects information on key Social indicators whereas through
provincial level surveys (Social & HIES) collect information on social indicators as well as on
Income and Consumption. So HIES is conducted under the umbrella of PSLM.

30. How the reliability of the estimates can be obtained?

Coefficient of variation (CV) is used to obtain the reliability of estimates.

31. How you allocate sample size for the survey?

Allocation of sample size for a particular sample survey among ultimate strata is made using
Proportional allocation methodology.

32. How you determine the sample size for the survey?

The different estimation formulas are used for computation of sample size at desired level of
confidence with certain margin of errors. Consequently, sample size is fixed keeping in view the
available resources and time constraints.

Which sampling technique is used by PBS for the ongoing sample surveys?

Two stage stratified random sampling technique is used.

33. What is the status of up-dation of new sampling frame?

Updation of new sampling frame for rural areas is in progress through a development project.
What is a Quick Count Technique?

The “Quick Count” is the process of counting structures, households, dwellings, establishments,
industries, within a demarcated block by going around without undertaking listing.

34. What is Listing Technique?

The “Listing” is the process of (Getting started from North West corner of a block or some
prominent point/landmark, moving clockwise, the closing point of the sector will coincide with
starting point) listing structures, households, dwellings, establishments, industries, within a
demarcated block by “asking” from the respondents on door to door.

35. When sampling frame was last updated?

The Urban Area frame was updated in the year 2013. It is generally updated after every 5 years.
The lists of enumeration blocks were updated during Economics Census 2003 - 2004 and the
lists of villages/mouzas/dehs published by Population Census Organization as a result of 1998
Population Census have been taken as sampling frame.

36. What is the meaning of Enumeration Block (EB)?

All the urban and rural areas comprising cities/towns/Mauzas/Dehs have been divided into small
compact areas known as Enumeration blocks. EB usually have 200-250 houses on the average,
with well-defined boundaries and maps.

37. What is the difference between Rural and Urban PSU?

All the Geographical areas notified by the respetive provincial Govnermnet authoirties as urban
areas is called as on urban areas while rest is rural areas. The blocks formed in there two
domains are called urban and rural PSUs. In both Rural and Urban domains the enumeration
blocks are taken as Primary Sampling Units (PSUs).

38. What is a Secondary Sampling Unit?

The listed households of sample PSUs are considered Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs).

39. What is a Primary Sampling Unit?

Primary Sampling unit is a geographical urban/rural area containing 200-250 households on the
average, which is generally called as Enumeration block.
 40. What is a sampling unit?

An eligible member for which the required information is collected is called the sampling unit.
Whereas the aggregate of the sampling units comprises the sample size.

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Mouza Census 2020

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Agricultural Census Wing (Ex-Agricultural

Census Organization) uses to carry-out Mouza Census every fifth year
throughout the country including Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit
Baltistan.

The first effort for collection of statistical information on Mouza level was made in 1971, and
since then eight censuses on the subject had been conducted i.e. in 1971, 1979, 1983, 1988,
1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008. The next Mouza Census was due in 2013 but not conducted due to
merger of three organizations i.e. Population Census Organization, Federal Bureau of Statistics
and Agricultural Census Organization into Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Now PBS (AC-
Wing) has planned to conduct next Mouza Census in 2020 both in settled and un-settled areas.
The prime essence of this exercise is to update and complete basic Mouza frame that is needed to
prepare sampling embodiment for forthcoming Agriculture and Livestock Censuses (Integrated
Agricultural Census).

Besides this, it contains the key data about major Crops, Source of Irrigation, Cultivated area,
Natural Resources & Disasters and Number of Settlements in Community suburb. In
auxiliary, a wide range of information covering different socio-economic indicators like
availability of Drinking Water, Electricity, Sewerage system, Health facilities, Education and
Sports, Veterinary Hospitals, Online Credit Institutions etc. is also collected. In addition to this,
the facts regarding the availability of the necessary infrastructure in locality and the accessibility
to Roads, Markets, Police Station, and other Social Developments. If in case of, non-availability
of such facilities; the distance (in Kilometers) to access such facilities nearby is also included.
This Census does not involve door to door household’s enumeration; but simply requires the
extraction of some information from particular revenue record and remaining part will be
provided by Patwaries/ Tapedars based on their knowledge with the consultation of
knowledgeable person about the available infrastructure at Mouza/ Deh level.
 The field operation will be conducted by the staff of Provincial Revenue Departments in settled
areas and the services of Provincial Education, Livestock, Agriculture and Local Govt.
Departments will be utilized for unsettled areas.

The provision of Training, Supervision, Census Material and other Technical Support will be
provided by this Wing.

MAIN OBJECTIVES

Updating Mouzas/ Dehs/ Villages/ Killies lists by administrative units for drawing sample for
Integrated Agricultural Census (IAC)
To provide aggregated statistical data on socio-economic characteristics of Mouzas/ Dehs/
Villages/ Killies by administrative units
To collect useful information for planners, policy makers and researchers who are interested in
the development of rural areas

GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
 The Mouza Census-2020 will cover whole of the country as:
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
 Punjab Province including Islamabad District
 Sindh Province
 Balochistan Province
 Gilgit Baltistan
 Azad State of Jammu and KashmirCENSUS SCHEDULE

PHASE-WISE NUMBERS OF MOUZAS TO BE COVERED IN MOUZA

CENSUS-2020
ACTION PLAN HIGHLIGHTS
 Download Mouza Census Related Material
1. Brief on Mouza Census - 2020 WC
2. Press Release
3. Form-12 (UR)
4. Instructional Manual
5. Questionnaire Form-11
6. RSQ and SSQ Control Form
Population Census
Introduction
The census organization was established in 1950 as a part and parcel of Ministry of Home
Affairs and first three censuses were conducted by this organization while working under that
Ministry. After 1972 Census, Census Organization was established on a permanent footing and
was made an attached department of Ministry of Interior, so as to maintain expertise, experience
and continuity which used to be lost after every census as was the case in 1951 and 1961. With
the creation of Registration organization in 1973, as an attached department of Ministry of
Interior and also headed by Census Commissioner, both the departments were merged in 1976 to
be called “Census & Registration Organization”. In March 1978, the “Census & Registration
Organization” was split into two separate departments and Population Census Organization was
placed under the Statistics Division which remains as such thereafter due to promulgation of
General Statistics (Re-organization) Act, 2011. The conduct of Census is the responsibility of
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Functions of Population Census Wing of PBS

The main functions of Population Census Wing are as under:

1. Planning and execution of decennial Population & Housing Census.

2. Processing and dissemination of data in the form of Census Reports.
3. Analysis of census data and demographic research.
4. Evaluation of census results.
5. Intercensal sample studies/surveys in related areas.
6. Supply of census data to the data users.
7. Tabulation of data to meet specific demand of data users.

History of Census

Pakistan has a long history of Census taking and the first regular Population Census in the area
now comprising Pakistan was held in 1881. Since then regular censuses have been conducted
after every ten years in the year ending at one. After independence, the first census of Pakistan
was conducted in 1951, the second in 1961 while the third census was held in 1972 instead of
1971 due to political environment in the country and war with India. The fourth census was held
in March 1981 and fifth one which was due in 1991 could be held in March, 1998 due to specific
circumstances.

Census Methodology

There are two approaches of census enumeration:

(a) De-jure – in which persons are counted at their usual place of residence and
(b) De-fecto– in which persons are counted where they are found on the census data. In 1998
census both the approaches were applied simultaneously during enumeration, but the data was
tabulated and published on de-jure basis for comparability of data over time.

Legality for the Census

The Census (Population & Housing) is a Federal subject as listed at Sl. NO. 38 of Federal
Legislation list, Part-1, Fourth Schedule, Constitution of Pakistan. The seats in the National
Assembly are allocated to each Province/FATA and Federal Territory on the basis of the
population in accordance with the last preceding census officially published under Article-51(3)
of the Constitution. Further, distribution of funds between the Federation and the Provinces are
made through National Finance Commission. Article-160(2) speaks about the formation of the
National Finance Commission which also uses census figures. The quota for recruitment to
Federal posts is also worked out on the basis of population ratios as given by the census.
Establishment Division’s O.M. No. 8/9/72, TRV, dated 31st August, 1973, refers in this regard.
First 5 censuses were undertaken with the legal cover of Census Ordinance, 1959 amended from
time to time. The 6th Population and Housing Census will be conducted under the legal cover of
General Statistics (Re-organization) Act, 2011.

Agriculture Census Wing

Introduction

Agriculture Census Organization (ACO) was established in 1958 as an attached department of

the then Ministry of Agriculture under the legal cover of Agriculture Census Act 1958.
Immediately after its inception, ACO conducted Agriculture Census of 1960 to fulfill national
and international requirements of data on agriculture. Later on, this Organization conducted a
survey-cum-census under the recommendation of the Farm Mechanization Committee,
Government of Pakistan, in 1968 and an Agriculture Census in 1972 which was actually due in
1970. Two years delay in the conduct of Agriculturel Census was on account of disturbed
political environment in the country and war with India. Subsequently, ACO conducted
Livestock Census in 1976 to provide data on livestock and related parameters as the last
assignment carried out under Ministry of Agriculture.
 Statistics Division was created with the objective of bringing all the data generating system at
federal level under one umbrella. This Organization was resultantly transferred to newly
established Statistics Division in 1978 as an attached entity. Since then, ACO had conducted four
Agriculture Censuses each in the years of 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 and three Livestock Censuses
each in the years of 1986, 1996, 2006 and four Agriculture Machinery Censuses each in the years
of 1974, 1984, 1994, 2004 till to-date. In addition, eight Mouza (Village) Censuses each in the
years of 1970, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 had been conducted by ACO in
the overall statistical frame work under Statistics Division.

This Organization has been merged with the newly established Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
(PBS) since 23rd December, 2011 as its Agriculture Census Wing (ACW).

Functions of Agriculture Census Wing

Agriculture Census Wing (ACW) is responsible for planning, execution and publication of data
on the censuses / surveys relating to agriculture on decennial basis, namely:

1. Agriculture Census during the years ending with digit “zero”.

2. Agriculture Machinery Census during the years ending with digit “four”.
3. Livestock Census during the years ending with digit “six” along with a few surveys.
4. Mouza (Village) Census during the years ending with digit “eight”.

The data collected through the above mentioned censuses are presented in country and provincial
reports. The country reports present data on country and provincial levels while the provincial
reports present data for the province concerned and for its all the districts.

Agriculture Statistics
Introduction

Agriculture constitutes the largest sector of our economy. Majority of the population, directly or
indirectly, dependent on this sector. It contributes about 24 percent of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) and accounts for half of employed labour force and is the largest source of foreign
exchange earnings. It feeds whole rural and urban population. Realizing its importance, planners
and policy makers are always keen to have reliable area and production statistics of agricultural
crops well in time. Policy makers primarily need accurate and timely statistics for the important
crops such as wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, maize etc. However, in recent years, due to
persistent hikes in the prices of essential commodities like pulses, onions, potatoes, chillies and
tomatoes these crops have also gained in economic importance.

Business Register
 A Business Register is a comprehensive database containing all significantly active businesses
entities (establishments as well as enterprises) in the country together with their contact and
classification information.

The Business Register would cover the following variables

 Name
 Address
 Kind of activity
 Legal Status
 Type of ownership
 Employment size
 Sales / Turnover
 Electricity Consumption

Business Register would

 support updates of survey frames

 Timely implement start-ups.
 Keep track of current business entities.
 Enable stratification for improved results and coincidently reduce response burden.
 Classify units (enterprises and establishments) in a uniform way enabling aggregation of results
of different surveys.
 Improve coverage and timeliness of the surveys.
 Provide useful information even without any survey.

Demographic and Research

Introduction:

Demographic and Research section was established in early Eighties in order to conduct Pakistan
Demographic Survey (PDS) and Demographic Research Activities. The main objectives of the
Pakistan Demographic Survey are:

1. to collect statistics of births and deaths in order to arrive at various measures of fertility and
mortality for Pakistan and its rural and urban areas.
2. to estimate current rate of natural increase of population at national level.
3. to collect information on other selected characteristics of population to assess the impact of
family planning and other Socio-Economic development programmes.

Energy & Mining Statistics

INTRODUCTION

Energy and Mining statistics section was established in early seventies in order to cover the
activities of energy and mining sectors. In energy sector the electricity generation data from all
the public and private enterprises including Independent Power Plants (IPPs) are collected,
compiled and then supplied for PBS Publication and to other National and International agencies.
The mineral production data are collected from Provincial Directorates of Mines & Mineral and
data for crude oil and natural gas are collected from ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources.
Then the data is compiled and supplied for PBS publication and to other Nation and International
agencies. Moreover, census of Electricity Establishments and Census of Mining and Quarrying
are also being conducted since 1963 .The last reports for both censuses were published for 2005-
06.

A) Electricity

Monthly electricity generation data are collected from public undertaking (WAPDA,KESC,
KANUPP, CHASNUP&PAKISTAN STEEL), private under-takings (KAPCO&HUBCO)
and about 25 Independent Power Plants (IPPs) etc. Annual and monthly data is being published
in PBS Publications and also supplied to various national and international agencies.

Three series of indices of electricity generation have been computed by taking 1975-76, 1980-81
and 1999-2000 as base, using the following Laspayer’s formula.

I=q1/q0*100

Where I stand for index, q1 and q0 is the generation for the current year and base year
respectively.

B) Mining

Monthly Mineral production data in respect of four provinces is received from provincial
Directorate of Mines and Mineral and Directorate General of Petroleum Concessions, ministry of
Petroleum and natural Resources. This monthly data is then aggregated to form the annual figure.
Thereafter, Monthly and Yearly mineral production data in respect of 40 selected mineral items
are also published and also supplied to various National and international agencies.

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has been computing annual series of Quantum Indices of Mining
Production based on weights derived from census value added of mining sector, which was
designed to measure changes in physical out-put of mining indices. Three series of mining
indices have so for been computed by taking 1975-76, 1980-81 and 1999-2000 as base. Now the
work on the development of indices with the base 2005-06 is in progress.
 Function of the Energy &Mining Section

A) Regular Activities

1. Collection of Data (Monthly)

1. Collection of Mineral Production Data from Provincial Directorates of Mines and Minerals Punjab,
Sindh, KPK, Balochistan and FATA.
2. Collection of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production data from Ministry of Petroleum & Natural
Resources.
3. Electricity Generating Data from respective agencies i.e. WAPDA, KESC, Pakistan Atomic Energy
Commission(PAEC), Pakistan Steel and Independent Power Plant (IPPs)
2. Supply of Data (Monthly/Quarterly/ Annual)
1. Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
2. UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (UNSD)
3. UNSD Quarterly Questionnaire
4. U.S. Geological Survey
5. Statistical Pocket Book (PP Section, PBS Karachi)
6. Statistical Year Book (PP Section, PBS Karachi)
7. State Bank of Pakistan
8. Pakistan Economic Survey
9. Budget Speech
10. National, International Agencies and researchers (as and when required)

B) Censuses/Surveys

I) Census of Mining and Quarrying

Census of Mining and Quarrying is one of the regular activities of Energy &Mining Section. The
first census was conducted in 1962-63 and so far 24 reports have been completed which covers
the data for all minerals at National and Provincial levels. The last census was conducted in
2005-06. The main objective of the census was to collect statistical data for deriving GDP
estimates of Mining Sector.\

II) CENSUS OF ELECTRICITY ESTABLISHMENTS

Census of electricity establishments is also one of the regular activities of E.M. Section since
1962-63and about 28 reports have been published so far. The last census was conducted in 2005-
06.

Industry
Introduction
Manufacturing sector comprises of two sub-sectors viz. Large Scale Manufacturing and Small
Scale Manufacturing. Large Scale manufacturing covers the establishments registered under
factories Act 1934 or qualifying for registration (having 10 or more employees) including Repair
and Service Industries. Small Scale manufacturing covers all such manufacturing establishments
not covered in Large Scale manufacturing.

Large Scale Manufacturing

There are two sources of data on large scale manufacturing- Census of Manufacturing Industries
(CMI) and monthly data on manufacturing sectors output. Census data is used to derive
benchmark estimates after every five years. The latest CMI for 2005-06 was conducted by
Former FBS, in collaboration with Provincial Directorates of Industries and Bureaus of Statistics.

CMI measures production and structural changes of large-scale manufacturing industries

(LSMI). It provides data on values of inputs and outputs, census value added, contribution to
GDP, fixed assets, stocks, employment and employment cost and industrial taxes. It takes into
account new industrial developments and captures new industrial products and establishments. It
is used to develop new weights for Quantum Index of Manufacturing.

National Accounts

Main Objectives & Methodology

National Accounts provide a set of Statistical data for the purpose of economic analysis, decision
taking and policy making. It is widely used as indicator of economic activity and measures the
performance of the economy and other important parameters such as GDP/GNI, GFCF, Savings,
and Inflation etc. Pakistan National Accounts estimates are prepared in the light of the UN
System of National Accounts (SNA) 2008. A combination of approaches viz production, income
and expenditure are used for compilation of GDP. The development of experimental series of
estimates of quarterly GDP is in progress. National Health Accounts are also being compiled.

Periodicity

The periodicity of the estimates of GDP, GFCF and Expenditure series is annual and is based on
new base year 2005-06.
Pakistan Social And Living Standards Measurement
Brief on PSLM Survey

PSLM Survey is a regular activity of PBS since 1st July 2015, earlier it was PSDP funded project
started in July 2004 and continued up to 30th June 2015. It was designed to provide Social &
Economic indicators in the alternate years at provincial and district levels. The data generated
through surveys was used to assist the government in formulating the poverty reduction strategy
as well as development plans at district level for the rapid assessment of programs in the overall
context of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As such this survey was one of the main
mechanisms for the monitoring of MDGs indicator as out of 16 targets and 37 indicators adopted
by Pakistan, 6 targets and 15 indicators were monitored through PSLM Surveys, which were
conducted at district level and at Provincial level respectively at alternate years.

PSLM District level survey collected information on key Social indicators which is the main
source of estimation of Multi-Dimensional Poverty, whereas provincial level surveys (Social &
HIES) collected information on social indicators as well as on Income and Consumption. HIES
data is used by Planning Commission for estimation of consumption based Poverty.

The sample size of PSLM surveys district level was approximately 80000 households and
approximately 26000 at Provincial level. Ten Surveys (District/Provincial were conducted during
PSLM Project w.e.f. 2004 to June, 2015 and reports are published and micro data sets along with
reports are also placed at PBS Website.

PSLM and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

UN has adopted new development plan for post 2015 monitoring called Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). Under SDGs there are 17 goals, 169 targets and 232 indicators. The
agenda of SDGs is very comprehensive and it is designed in such a way that they are addressing
the individuals rather than the households so that benefits can reach up to individual level. There
are Global goals, regional and sub-regional goals to address the issues. United Nations
Statistics Division has assigned the task of monitoring & reporting of SDGs to the National
Statistical organizations globally, therefore Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is the
central Statistical organization for monitoring of SDGs with the network of 34 regional
/field offices all over Pakistan.

As PSLM questionnaire was not changed during the life of project, therefore, keeping in view
the changed ground realities & adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Technical
Committee was constituted to review both questionnaires of PSLM (District & Provincial Level).
Four sub-committees were formed on
 Poverty Labour & Employment
 Education
 Health
 Housing Water & Sanitation

In the light of the recommendations of the sub-committees questionnaires have been amended
and then approved by the main technical committee, the following modules were added: -

Population Welfare Statistics Section

In pursuance to 18th Constitutional Amendment Act 2010, the Ministry of Population Welfare
(MoPW) has ceased to exist w.e.f. 07-12-2010. The functions of “Collection, Maintenance and
Analysis of Population Welfare Statistics”, being handled by the Directorate of Service Statistics
& Data Processing (SS&DP) of the Ministry of Population Welfare has been relocated to
Statistics Division (Federal Bureau of Statistics). To implement the decision of the Government
of Pakistan, Statistics Division has established a new section in FBS (currently PBS)
entitled “Population Welfare Statistics (PWS) Section” with the following objectives:

Objectives:
1. To collect, compile and disseminate contraceptive performance data on monthly, quarterly and yearly
basis at provincial and national level;
2. To maintain data base on contraceptive services statistics
3. To carry out periodic analysis of contraceptive performance statistics
4. To develop liaison with national & international statistical agencies

Annual & Quarterly Contraceptive Performance Reports:

The following Contraceptive Performance Reports have so far been released by Population
Welfare Statistics Section (PWSS) of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics:

Price Statistics
SPI, CPI, WPI and prices of different items with percent change over previous period, etc.

Social Statistics
The focus of data collection is to provide content for regular/ adhoc publications of Pakistan
Bureau of Statistics via Monthly bulletin of statistics (MBS), Statistical Year Book (SYB) and
quinquennial documents/ compendia on gender, environment and social indicators of Pakistan.
The content and configuration of the publication is predetermined in consultation with the
stakeholders and in consonance with the approved standards, the figures are drawn for Pakistan
Bureau of Statistics surveys as well as by mail collected from sources agencies.

Field Services
Introduction

Field Services Section was established at Federal Bureau of Statistics Headquarter Karachi since
inception of the Department. This Section was shifted from Karachi to Islamabad in 1992 with
the responsibility to monitor the Technical, Financial as well as Administrative matters relating
to Regional / Field Offices scattered all over the country. The Section started functioning under
the supervision of Chief SO, Director (FS), DDG (FS) & the then DG / Head of the Department.
Later on, FS Section was divided in to two functionary units i.e. Admn-III & FS Section. Admn-
III dealt with the Administration matters of Officers / Officials posted at Regional / Field Offices
under the supervision of Director (Admn), whereas FS Section dealt with the field operation and
monitoring of regular, ad hoc, Project Censuses / Surveys conducted by PBS and all technical
matters of Regional / Field Offices. The Section has been raised to the level of FS Wing in the
new set-up of the organization and is currently being supervised by Director (FS), Census
Commissioner (FS), Member (National Account) and Chief Statistician / Head of the
Department.

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has 18 Regional and 16 Field Offices spread all over the country for
timely completion of field operation at local level to make enumeration cost effective. The
Province / Area wise detail of Regional / Field Offices of PBS along with hierarchical structure
is as under:-
 Major Functions of FS Wing are:-
 To ensure the data quality and timely completion of Regular/Project/Ad hoc Surveys/Censuses or any
other type of data collection at National Level.
 To coordinate with other Technical Sections of PBS in connection with all activities relating to PBS
Surveys /Censuses and with all Regional / Field Offices of PBS regarding training, technical and
administrative matters etc.
 To coordinate with the Admn Sections and Data Processing Sections on the issues relating to Regional /
Field Offices and filled-in questionnaires received from field.
 Preparation of Plans for conduct of Pilot Surveys, pre-testing of schedules / questionnaires, estimate cost
of field operations etc.
 Monitor and control of field operations and introduction of appropriate field forms and procedures.
 Supervising / monitoring of progress of all types of ongoing regular/project / Ad hoc Surveys / Censuses
and to ensure quality / timely completion of field enumeration and retrieval of filled-in questionnaires
from the field.
 Monitoring of Working Programs of field staff and Inspection Tour Programs (ITP) of Officers of
Regional / Field Offices for Regular / Project / Ad hoc Surveys / Censuses to meet the targets.
 Examination of Inspection Tour Programme (ITP) of Chief S.O’s / S.O (I) of Regional Offices for
Regular/Project/Ad hoc Surveys / Censuses and submission to the competent authority for approval and
conveying the approval to officer concerned.
 To Examine the Inspection Tour Reports (ITR) on monthly basis preparation of summary of the ITRs and
submission of the salient point to the Competent Authority for their perusal.
 Develop plans for deployment and sharing of staff on temporary basis among Regional / Field Offices
according to the needs of the office for timely completion of the survey.
 Submit recommendations to the Competent Authority regarding Posting / transfers of the Field staff at
Regional / Field Offices keeping in view their work load and availability of staff.
 Monitoring of staff position, budgetary position, vehicles statements pertaining to Regional / Field offices
and recommend appropriate measures thereon.
 Preparation of measures to minimize interviewers, respondents and other sources of bias during the field
operation of a particular survey.
 To develop cost estimates and prepare enumeration steps for all kind of ad hoc surveys to be conducted in
the field.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES OF REGIONAL / FIELD OFFICES OF PBS

(Present Plan)
1. Price Statistics.
1. Sensitive Price Index (SPI)
2. Consumer Price Index (CPI)
3. CPI (Rent Component)
4. Wholesale Price Index (WPI )
5. Producer’s Price Index (PPI)
2. Labour Force Survey 2012-13.
3. Trade Statistics.
4. Budget Documents.
5. Mechanized and Non-Mechanized Road Transport.
6. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF).
7. Updation of Urban Area Frame, 2012-13.
8. Pakistan Social and living Statistics Measurement, 2012-13.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES OF PBS AND MAIN SOURCES OF DATA

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics collects statistical data relating to various socio-economic sectors of
the economy and Demographic data through primary and secondary sources.

A. PRIMARY SOURCES.

 Price Statistics.
 Labour Force Statistics.
 Demographic Statistics.
 Statistics on Social & Economic Status of Households.
 Mining Statistics
 Manufacturing Statistics
 Education Census
 Economic Census

B. SECONDARY SOURCES. (Involving other Agencies)

 Other Agencies Collect the Data

o Statistics on Manufacturing Industries
o Agricultural Statistics
o Social Statistics like Education, Health, Sports and Culture.
o Generation of Electricity
o Business and Communication
 Other Agencies Provide Data from their records.
o External Trade Statistics.
o Public Finance Statistics

AD HOC SURVEYS TO BE CONDUCTED BY PBS

Field Services Wing coordinates with the subject matter sections and other concerned
Departments in connection with ad hoc surveys to be conducted by PBS for proper planning of
field operations and effective monitoring of these activities in the field.

In this connection following functions are performed to carry out the Ad hoc Surveys/Censuses
after the approval of Secretary/Chief Statistician, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Statistics
Division.

 To prepare cost estimates pertaining to field operation, data processing and report writing etc for
conducting ad hoc surveys / censuses by PBS.
 To monitor the administrative issues of ad hoc surveys.
 To ensure the availability of field staff for the subject Survey.
 To facilitate the Agency concerned in arranging training for the field staff and to ensure participation of
field staff in the training programmes.
 To facilitate the Regional / Field Offices in connection with collection of Survey material.
 Issuance of instructions / redressing of hurdles of Regional / Field Offices in connection with carrying out
enumeration work in the field.
 To ensure the receipt of cost of the survey from Agency concerned and its deposit in the Statistics
Division’s Accounts maintained in National Bank of Pakistan.
 To ensure completion of the assignment / surveys within the stipulated period.
 Coordination with the concerned survey agency and Regional / Field Offices for timely completion of the
survey.
 Collection of bills / receipts / vouchers etc. from Regional / Field Offices, their examination/scrutiny as
per Government Rules, obtaining approval from the Competent Authority and submission to Statistics
Division for reimbursement and onward disbursing to concerned Office.
 Maintaining of head wise amount collected and expenditure made therein by all offices of PBS for office
record and as per MOU signed.
 Reporting the status of Head of Account as per agreement / MOU to Principal Accounting Officer,
Statistics Division.
 Submission of completion report to all concerned.

Data Processing Centre

Data Processing Centre under Support Services Wing of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics mandated to
provide support functions by developing software/applications programs to carry out Data Processing for
national census and survey in line with policy priorities and plan. It provides both generic and specific IT
supports for all the activities i.e. collecting, compiling, analyzing, abstracting, publishing, marketing and
dissemination of statistical information relating to the Commerce & Trade, Industrial, Financial, Social,
Economic, Demographic, Agriculture and any other area specified by the Federal Government. It also
provides technical and scientific advice to the Statistical Wing as per IT perspective to achieve their goals
in smooth and swift manner. DP Center services are not limited to Census/Survey Data Processing, it is
also an In-House IT consultancy organization to all functions of PBS whether it is technical, management
and administrative.

The Support Services Wing of PBS is responsible for implementing the systems and procedures required
to process the data pertaining to censuses and surveys at PBS Headquarters, Islamabad i.e. centralized
processing site. The wide range of data is publically available in form of Publications / Tabulations on the
website of PBS having URL: http:/www.pbs.gov.pk. However, demand for data is increasing
tremendously and that too in computer readable form on computer tapes/diskettes etc. Such demands are
made mainly by various Government/Semi-Govt., Non Government Organization (NGOs), Research
Institutions, and Universities etc. within and outside the country.

The GIS Wing under Support Services Wing is also playing vital role establishing, developing and
maintaining a holistic National Statistical and Spatial Data System (NSSDS) and Integrated National
Statistical and Spatial Database (NSSD) by providing map-digitizing facility, for accuracy and better
visualization of enumeration area using imagery. These maps are pre-requisites for Enumerators in the
field for identification of their assigned areas for various surveys and censuses. Various GIS techniques
i.e. Infographs, Heat Maps etc. can be used to display of census and survey data on Digital Maps in
addition to Transformation of manual maps into computer based/digital of Enumeration Blocks. There is
so much that we can do with a GIS technology, the most common example is making layers with data
showing all sorts of different variables of a community to help inform decision makers and inform the
public. For example, useful GIS based interface would be used to see how many schools, hospitals/ health
facilities around a point of a map (we click), and map that with educational levels, infant mortality rate
and income, etc. This data hopefully exists anywhere in the country, but making a visual representation
and sharing with the policy planners, will help drive action and inform decisions. Ultimately, this will
only save the cost incurred on redundant projects but will provide basis for utilization of funds in prudent
manner.

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF DP CENTRES

The newly emerged Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is mandated to provide accurate, timely,
comprehensive and user-friendly information to public, private, national and international organizations.
PBS has three Data Processing (DP) Centres at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi responsible primarily to
meet the data processing needs of three former offices: Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), Population
Census Organization (PCO) and Agriculture Census Organization (ACO) now emerged as Pakistan
Bureau of Statistics. DP Centres of PBS are responsible to provide support services i.e. development of
 software for processing of socio economic surveys, censuses and other statistical projects in line with
policy priorities and plans. However, main functions of DP Centres are as follows:

 Management of Datacenter of PBS (50 Server VMs,

 Firewalls, SAN Storage, Backups, Web Hosting)
 Management of Network Infrastructure of 500+ nodes
 Development, Content Management of PBS Website
 Web and Applications Hosting Services
 Software Development (In-house) for all Surveys & Census
 Provision of Technical Support to PMDU
 Provision of official E-mail Services (Zimbra Server)
 Processing of Data Queries received through Web Portal
 System analysis and design,
 Application Programming/Software development,
 Data Processing / Data Entry of all Surveys & Censuses
 Development, operation and maintenance of Databases,
 Supervision of Servers and Computer operation,
 Data Entry operations (other ancillary functions),
 Management/control of technical reference material,
 Maintenance of Computer Hardware/Software,
 Liaison with users of data processing services,
 Network/Internet Support to PBS employees
 Official Email Services

Contribution of DP Center in providing Data Processing & IT Based Services to PBS

ensues

1. 6th Housing and Population Census 2017

2. Census of Manufacturing Industries (CMI)
3. Mouza Census 2020
4. Integrated Agriculture Census
5. Economic Census

Surveys

1. PSLM/HIES (Provincial)
2. PSLM (District Level Survey)
3. Pakistan Demographic Survey (PDS)
4. 36 Round of Labour Force Survey (2020-21)
5. Price and Wage Setting Behavior Survey
6. (In collaboration with State Bank of Pakistan)
7. Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS)

E- Governance Initiatives

1. Tablet Based Price Collection System (TPCS) (CPI, WPI, SPI, RPI etc).
2. Tablet Based PSLM Survey
3. Development of Android Based Software for Pakistan Demographic Survey (PDS)
4. Price Analytical Dashboard (CPI,WPI, SPI, RPI)
5. Tablet Based Software Development for LFS
6. Revamping of PBS Website
7. Development of Software for HR, Litigation Management, Inventory Management
8. Development of Dashboard for Censuses/Surveys

Regular Activities

1. Compilation of Annual Gross Value Added (GVA) Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) by Industries at constant and cu
2. Compilation of Expenditure on GDP at Current and Constant Prices (once in a year)
3. Compilation of Per Capita Income (once in a year)
4. Computation of National Consumer Price Indices (NCPI), Urban Consumer Price Index (UCPI), Rural Consumer Price
Index (WPI) (Monthly Basis)
5. Weekly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)
6. Collection, Compilation and Release of Agriculture Statistics, Industrial Statistics, Energy and Mining Statistics, Q
Geographic Information System and Social Statistics
7. Release of Foreign Trade Data
8. Supply of Maps and Data Dissemination
9. Provide Sample Frame for International and National Agencies
10. Compendium on Gender Statsitics

Rebasing of National Accounts from 2005-06 to 2015-16

Updation of Rural Area Frame (URAF)

DP CENTER'S LATEST INITIATIVES

 The Data Processing Center of PBS apart from
various other regular Censuses and Surveys presently
enganged in following assignments:-
 Android / Tablet Based Prices Collection System (TPCS)
 Tablet Based Data Collection for PSLM Survey 2019-20 (District Level)
 Mouza Census - 2020

a) Android / Tablet Based Prices Collection System (TPCS)

In pursuance of Member (Support Services) vision of end-to-end ‘real time’ data collection directly from
the ‘interviewee’ bypassing multiple stages i.e. Punching, Cleaning, and Digitizing to produce ‘credible
data’ by reducing ‘time tag’ between its collection and final publication, a first ever android based
application is developed (in-house) by DP Center, Support Services Wing and was tested in field
successfully. Since, the Price statistics serve very important uses in monitoring the economic performance
of a country and the welfare of its people. They are used for a wide variety of purposes, such as in the
formulation of monetary policies, determination and indexation of wages and social security benefits,
computation of per capita income in real terms, implementation of contractual escalation clauses, etc.
Thus, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), together with the national accounts and unemployment rates, are
probably the three most carefully watched indicators in any economy.

What is Tablet Based Price Collection System?

The TPCS is user friendly interface, Role based Login, Online / Offline Mode functionality to make it
independent from internet connectivity, Enumerators Location Tracking Module, Activity time-tagging
module besides Auto Survey Management Module to ensure remote real-time work-force management.
The TPCS fulfilled all the requirements i.e. end-to-end data collection and less-human-interaction. The
software was taken into market at Peshawar, Lahore and Multan for testing by the enumerators. The
functionalities regarding Supervisors / Regional Chiefs i.e. assigning of Markets, real-time monitoring
dashboard were also elaborated in detail during onsite training sessions held at Peshawar, Lahore and
Multan.

Price Data Dissemination

All the price indexes discussed in this presentation are disseminated monthly except for the SPI, which is
released weekly. Data collection, compilation and its processing involve huge cost. Therefore, it has been
decided that the data users (other than government agencies) must share the cost of data. The charges of
data to be recovered from users are given in the following schedule. The amount will be deposited in the
Government treasury by the user and a copy of the challan/receipt will be provided to PBS. The user will
also supply diskettes/magnetic tapes etc. to PBS for collecting the data. Demand for data is increasing
tremendously and that too in computer readable form on computer tapes/diskettes etc. Such demands are
made mainly by various Government/Semi-Govt., Non-Government Organization (NGOs), Research
Institutions, and Universities etc. within and outside the country.

b) Tablet Based Data Collection for PSLM Survey 2019-20 (District Level)
Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM)'s District Level Survey is being
conducted by PBS since 2004-05 at alternate years. It was the biggest source of monitoring of MDGs. 15
out of 37 indicators adopted by Pakistan were monitored through PSLM. In Sep-2015 United Nation has
adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 17 goals, 169 targets & 232 indicators.

Pakistan was the first country in the region whose parliament has adopted the Sustainable Development
Goals as “National Development Goals”. Therefore work has initiated to find data gaps on reporting &
working on Surveys to include different indicators.

PBS being National Statistical Office is declared as the main agency for data monitoring & reporting by
United Nation Statistical Department (UNSD). Accordingly PBS by taking relevant stakeholders on board
amended their existing surveys to include SDGs indicators and also prepared data gap review report along
with SDG unit in Ministry of Planning Development and Reform & United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP). The Data Gap report revealed that PBS is the main reporting agency with 66
indicators & from which 53 indicators will be covered through its existing surveys/census & National
Accounts. Out of 53, 29 indicators will be monitored through PSLM/HIES Survey.

It is pertinent to mention here that considering the requirement of SDG indicators after PSLM
questionnaires were thoroughly reviewed and they have been amended to monitor SDGs. The significance
of PSLM District level survey 2019-20 is inclusion of the modules on Information Communication &
Technology (ICT), Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), and Access to basic Services, Assets,
Hygiene & Waste management along with Disability and Migration which is going to be included for the
first time to monitor the one of the most important indicators for SDG’s. Recent data is not available for
both indicators, even if it is available then it is not truly representative.

Due to inclusion of disability in PSLM 2019-20 District level survey, the sample has been increased from
5600 blocks covering 80,000 household to 6500 blocks covering 200,000 households.

It is highly appreciated that the PSLM section along with Data processing Center has planned the PSLM
district level Survey 2019-2020 on Tablets. Member SS/IT and PSLM section took the initiative of
shifting the tool of data collection from laborious method i.e. from paper based questionnaires to the
Tablets. For this purpose Android Software is developed by the data processing center in vigorous
consultation with the subject matter section.
Due to shifting of data on Tablets and significant change in questionnaires, 5-days comprehensive
training workshops were scheduled in a way that three teams (comprised of four members 2 each from
subject matter section and two from Data Processing Section) at Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, Sukkur,
Peshawar, Multan, Abbottabad, and Islamabad have imparted training. Two days training for master
trainers along with staff of Rawalpindi Regional Office have been conducted on 28th and 29th August,
2019, the expert from Disability organization Community Based Inclusive Development Network
Pakistan (CPID) & Sight Saver also participated in training on disability. Field activities of PSLM
District Level Survey on Tablets will be starting from first week of the October 2019. However listing
activities started immediately after the provision of Sample list to Regional Offices. Member (RM/SS)
inaugurated the training at Karachi office while DDG (PSLM) inaugurated the training at Islamabad.

c) Mouza Census 2020

Mouza Census is a regular activity of Agriculture Census Wing (ACO) of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
since 1971, which is conducted after Every Five Years. Eight Mouza Censuses have been conducted so
far in the year 1971, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008. Ninth Mouza census was planned in
2013 but PBS unable to conduct due to some administrative issues. Now PBS has planned to conduct
ninth (9th) Mouza Census all over the country in 2020.

Main Objective of Mauza Census is verification and upddation of Mouzas/ Dehs/ Villages/
Killies lists by administrative units which serves as a sampling frame for drawing sample for
Agricultural and Livestock Censuses, it also provide aggregated statistical data on socio-
economic characteristics of Mouzas/ Dehs/ Villages/ Killies regarding Agricultural Structure &
livelihood of farmers, Collection of information regarding Infrastructure and Services
Availability for evidence based policy making. It provides data with periodic interval about
Socio-Economic Development Indicators relating to Rural Community at a Basic Administrative
level.

Consultative meetings with Advisory/Technical Committee have been conducted in which

Questionnaire, Manual of Instruction and Phase wise Field operation Methodology have been
finalized. Approval regarding Administrative matters, Engagement of Provincial
Governments/BORs for Field Operations has also been accorded from Governing Council (in
April 2019).

Mouza Census will be conducted by Staff of Revenue and local government department of
respective province. In this regard necessary letters has been issued to Chief Secretaries by
Secretary (PD&R) for cooperation and conduct of Mouza Census 2020.Accordingly focal
persons from all four provinces AJK & GB from respective Bureaus of Revenues have been
nominated for coordination regarding smooth conduct of Census. The meeting of all focal
persons was held on 29th November, 2019 at PBS Headquarter under the chairmanship of
 Member (RM/SS), who briefed them about the process of conduct of Mouza Census & its
importance, further he requested for cooperation from provinces for successful completion of
this National Task.

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has successfully conducted the training of Master trainers, training
has been imparted from 02-18 December, 2019 at eight different stations. The field work of
Mouza Census will be done in three phases from 01st January, 2020 to 31st March 2020. All
District Coordination meeting in Punjab & Sindh has been completed successfully & training of
enumerators at tehsil level will be conducted in 1st January 2020 followed by field collection in
the month of January 2020.

Time Series Data

External Trade Statistical Data at 8-Digit Level Year

1990-1991 to 2017-2018
EXPORTS
EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES

 1990-91 TO 1993-94
 1994-95 TO 1997-98
 1998-99 TO 2001-2002

PAKISTAN'S YEAR-WISE EXPORTS OF SELECTED COMMODITIES (2002-03 TO 2007-

08)

EXPORTS OF COMMODITIES BY COUNTRIES (Year wise) (2008-09 TO 2012-13)

EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES PAKISTAN (2013-2014)

EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES PAKISTAN (2014-2015)

EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES (2015-2016)

EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES (2016-2017)

EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES (2017-2018)

 EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES (July,2018 - Dec,2018)

EXPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES (2018-2019)

IMPORTS

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES

 1990-91 TO 1993-94
 1994-95 TO 1997-98
 1998-99 TO 2001-2002

PAKISTAN'S YEAR-WISE IMPORTS OF SELECTED COMMODITIES (2002-03 TO 2007-

08)

IMPORTS OF COMMODITIES BY COUNTRIES (Year wise) (2008-09 TO 2012-13)

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES PAKISTAN (2013-2014)

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES PAKISTAN (2014-2015)

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES, (2015-2016)

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES, (2016-2017)

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES, (2017-2018)

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES (July,2018 - Dec,2018)

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES AND COUNTRIES (2018-2019)

Services
Data Dissemination
Introduction

Collection, compilation and dissemination of data on various socio-economic sectors is the

primary function of PBS. These data are collected from primary and Secondary Sources. The
primary data are collected through different surveys such as Labour Force Survey (LFS),
Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES), Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS),
Pakistan Demographic Survey (PDS) etc. Secondary data such as Foreign Trade Statistics,
Industrial Statistics, Transport and Communication Statistics, social statistics, agriculture
Statistics, Environment statistics etc. are collected from the records of concerned
Ministries/Departments. Demand for data is increasing tremendously and that too in computer
readable form on computer tapes/diskettes etc. Such demands are made mainly by various
Government/Semi-Govt., Non Government Organization (NGOs), Research Institutions, and
Universities etc. within and outside the country.

The previous policy adopted by PBS for data supply was that aggregate level data (tabulation)
was provided to the users free of charges and this practice will continue. However special
tabulation in the required computer readable format would be supplied to users on demand, with
charges to be deposited in the government treasury. In case of demand for the sensitive
information /data, the same may be supplied with the prior approval of the Federal Statistics
Authority i.e. Secretary, Statistics Division.

In this age of information technology, the researchers/user are extending their demands for data
at micro level. Consequently PBS has revised its data dissemination policy as under.
Dissemination Policy

Level/Format of Data to be supplied

To maintain the confidentiality of statistical data, the micro level data may be supplied on
tapes/diskettes after removing the micro-level identification only after publication of report.

Terms and Conditions for Data User/Researcher

a. The user shall provide an undertaking that the data collected from PBS will not be supplied to
any other person/organization either free of cost or on payment.

b. The user shall acknowledge the source of data and supply copies of the research work/articles
(published/unpublished) to PBS.

Confidentiality of Information

It will be ensured that the statistics supplied will not disclose in any way the identity and state of
affairs of any individual, firm or institution in strict compliance of the General Statistics Act,
1975.

Cost of Data

a. Data collection, compilation and its processing involve huge cost. Therefore, it has been
decided that the data users (other than government agencies) must share the cost of data. The
charges of data to be recovered from users are given in the following schedule. The amount will
be deposited in the Government treasury by the user and a copy of the challan/receipt will be
provided to PBS. The user will also supply diskettes/magnetic tapes etc. to PBS for collecting the
data.

b. A user in the foreign country may remit the charges as per schedule given hereinafter. The
amount in US Dollar may be transferred to:

USA Correspondent Bank:

National Bank of Pakistan
100 Wall Street, 21st. Floor, New York, NY 10005, USA
SWIFT Code: NBPAUS33
ABA No: 026004721

Beneficiary Bank:
National Bank of Pakistan (Challan Form)
Main Branch, Islamabad
SWIFT Code: NBPAPKKA021

C 024 - GENERAL ADMN. RECEIPTS - STATISTICS

C 02401 - SALES OF CENSUS PUBLICATIONS

Schedule of charges

Individual International agencies,

Semi Govt. / researchers and NGOs and foreign
Private, students missions
Type of data Educational
Research
Institutions Local(in Foreign(in Local(in Foreign(in
PKR US$) PKR) US$

Survey data set (per

Rs. 3,000 1,000 40 5,000 200
Survey per year)

Foreign Trade data set:

(Export/Import Country
by Commodity or
commodity by country)

For one - two

Rs. 3,000 1,000 50 2,000 100
months/quarter

For one - two years Rs. 4,000 2,000 55 3,000 150

For three- five years Rs. 5,000 2,500 90 5,000 250

Price Data, per data set of Rs. 200 100 10 500 30

Consumer Price Index
 Individual International agencies,
Semi Govt. / researchers and NGOs and foreign
Private, students missions
Type of data Educational
Research
Institutions Local(in Foreign(in Local(in Foreign(in
PKR US$) PKR) US$

(CPI) & Sensitive Price

Index (SPI) or Wholesale
Price Index (WPI) for
one month.

Other Misc. data or

survey tables in piece Rs. 200 100 10 300 30
meal (Per table per year)

Note:

a. The amount paid by a Foreign user in US $ includes cost of diskettes and postal charges.
b. The request from individual students should be made through Vice chancellor or Head of the
Departments concerned.
c. Cost of data in terms of US$ is subject to change with the change of exchange rate in terms of
Pak. Rupee.

Deposit of Sale Procedures

The Payment in Pak rupees and the Bank Draft in Foreign exchange received from a foreign user
from abroad will be deposited to the Government Treasury/National Bank of Pakistan, Main
Branch, Islamabad under the appropriate Head of Accounts as under:
C 024 - GENERAL ADMN. RECEIPTS
C 02401 - SALES OF CENSUS PUBLICATIONS
C 02470 - Statistics - OTHERS

Data supply free of Cost

The data will be supplied free of cost to Govt. Departments, Govt. Controlled Research
Institutions Like PIDE, NIPS, State Bank of Pakistan, Universities and UN/International
Organization like UN Statistics Division, IMF, ECO, OIC, World Bank, Asian Development
Bank, ESCAP, and UNESCO.

The PBS may supply micro data set on floppy diskettes on complimentary basis to any
individual researchers/organization with the approval of competent authority on “Data Exchange
Basis” or “Joint Research Analysis Purpose”.

PSDP Projects
PUBLIC SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Name of the Project: Updation of Rural Area Frame for the conduct of
Census / Surveys

Cost of Project: 279.95 Million

Location: Throughout Pakistan

SPONSORING AUTHORITY: Ministry of Statistics, Islamabad (Defunct)

SPONSORING AUTHORITY: Rs. 249.430 Million.

DATE OF APPROVAL: 4th March, 2015 by CDWP

Description of the Project:

The project has been designed to update the rural area frame, capture rapid expansion in the town
closure to rural areas, increase of commercial activities in the rural areas, changes taking place in
rural community due to rural-urban migration, formation of new Districts/Tehsils/Town which
causes change in the boundary description of respective administrative units.
Under the project, manual and digitized Mauza maps would be prepared and placed on the
website. These maps would provide enumerators accurate Mauza list of hamlets/settlements and
Enumeration Block boundaries, at the time of field operation of Population & Housing Census
and of Sample Surveys for collection of reliable, comprehensive and user-friendly
data/information for the public, private, national and international organizations. The updating of
Rural Area Frame helps to shift from list frame to area sample frame. Since PBS is responsible
for collection, compilation and dissemination of socio-economic, demographic and agricultural
data for the country thorough censuses and surveys.

Name of the Project: Change of Base of National Accounts from 2005-06 to

2015-16

Cost of Project: 279.95 Million

Location: Throughout Pakistan

SPONSORING AUTHORITY: Ministry of Statistics, Islamabad (Defunct)

SPONSORING AUTHORITY: Rs. 249.430 Million.

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: November, 2014

COMPLETION DATE: June, 2019

Description of Project:

The Overall development objective of the scheme is to change the current base year (2005-06) to
the recent year (2015-16) of the National Accounts of Pakistan by implementing the System of
National Accounts 2008. It will provide reliable and authentic data on macro-economic
indicators like GDP and GFCF. Furthermore, the base of price statistics will also be changed
from 2007-08 to 2015-16.

List of Surveys / Census / Studies conducted under project CBNA.

S. No. Name of the Surveys/Census/Studies

Surveys

1 Family Budget Survey (HIICS)*

2 Rent Survey

3 Small Scale and Household Manufacturing Industries Survey

4 Construction Survey

5 Wholesale, Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motor Cycles

6 Non-profit Institutions Survey

7 Other Private Services

Censuses

8 Census of Electricity Establishments

9 Census of exploration companies (Oil and Gas)

10 Census of manufacturing Industries (2015-16)

11 Agriculture and Livestock census

Short Studies

12 Hotels & Restaurants

13 Forestry

14 Road Transport

15 Depreciation