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

History

In 1947, the ''Central Statistical Office'' (CSO) was set up by the government of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. In 1950, CSO became an attached department of the Economic Affairs Division. In 1972, on the recommendation of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD Mission, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto upgraded the Central Statistical Office to a full-fledged government division. In 1981, the bureau was reorganized and its technical wing (CSO) was converted into the then ''Federal Bureau of Statistics''. Finance Minister of Pakistan#List of Finance Ministers of Pakistan, Former Finance Minister of Pakistan, Finance Minister Dr. Mahbub ul Haq further reorganized the bureau.

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Federal Bureau of Statistics
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