Federal Bureau of Statistics
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Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) is one of the departments of the Statistics Division of the Finance Ministry of Pakistan.
[edit] Mission statement
Federal Bureau of Statistics is committed to providing accurate, reliable, timely, comprehensive and user-friendly information to public, private, national and international organizations. FBS will undertake research, up-to-date its technical knowledge and adopt improved methodologies and new technologies for meeting the future demand of potential users.
[edit] Functions
- Collection and analysis of statistical data about the economy
- Publication of statistics
- Provider of statistical data to the Federal and Provincial Governments and other organizations
- Research into improvements and quality assurance regarding statistics and statistical methods used in Pakistan
- Exchanging statistical data with foreign countries
- Technical advice to, and statistical coordination with, other departments
- Standardization of economic, demographic and other statistical data
- Advisory and consulting services for statistical projects undertaken by different organizations
- Evaluation of efficient computation methods for statistical estimation
- Implementation of the policies of the Statistics Division
- Organization of the National Census and certain surveys, not including the Population & Housing Census, Agriculture & Livestock Census.