The Pakistan Statistical Society

Acronym An acronym is a type of abbreviation consisting of a phrase whose only pronounced elements are the initial letters or initial sounds of words inside that phrase. Acronyms are often spelled with the initial Letter (alphabet), letter of each wor ...

:PSA; also known as Pakistan Statistical Society (PSS), is an academic and professional society of statisticians from Pakistan and abroad, dedicated and devoted to the field of

Mathematical statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory and other mathematical concepts to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques that are commonly used in statistics inc ...

. It is one of the leading mathematical and learned societies in Pakistan, being the only and oldest society of its nature. The history of Pakistan Statistical Society traces back to 1947, when Pakistan was created, and was encouraged by the prominent and influential Indian statistician Dr.

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis OBE, FNA, FASc, FRS (29 June 1893 – 28 June 1972) was an Indian scientist and statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure, and for being one of the members of the fi ...

. The foundation of the society in 1947 was encouraged and spearheaded by

and Dr.

Raziuddin Siddiqui Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui, FPAS, NI, HI, SI (Urdu: , ; 8 January 1908 – 8 January 1998), also known as Dr. Razi, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and a mathematician who played a role in Pakistan's education system, and Pakistan' ...

, a mathematical physicist. Dr. Siddiqui served its first president whilst Mahalanobis became its life member. Both Siddiqui and Mahalanobis remained influential members, however after the death of Mahalanobis, Siddiqui's interest dwindled and the society struggled to gain its former prominence and importance. In 1976, the society was disintegrated and had gone inactive and defunct prior. The association was revived in 1995, after about twenty years, through productive and effective efforts led by the country's notable statisticians and with the help of

Federal Bureau of Statistics The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) () is a federal agency under the Government of Pakistan. It is an attached department of the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives. It works for collecting statistics in the country. Hi ...

. The statisticians at

Peshawar University The University of Peshawar (; ; ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university is one of the oldest universities in the provi ...

delegated and called statisticians from all over the country and abroad to participate in an international seminar on the recent developments in Statistics organized by Department of Statistics. The prominent and renowned applied statistician Dr. Ch. Asghar Ali has been its president since 1995, and is currently headquartered at the Department of Statistics of the Peshawar University. The society has also been affiliated with the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. At a meeting of the Jubilee Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, statisticians met and formed the agreed statues of the International Statistical ...

since 1996, and publishes its publications though the International Statistical Institute on the international level.

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