Vision of the Section

To generate economic statistics as per national and international practices for the fulfillment of overall goal of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Organogram of Economic Census Section

Function of the Section

• • To conduct Economic Census in the country.
  • To generate frame for statistical Business Registry on a specific point of time.
  • To facilitate GIS for mapping of entire economic activities in the country.
  • To coordinate with national and international Statistical organizations for harmonization of economic data.
  • To prepare and publish reports on Economic Census.
  • To provide benchmark for future Projections, Policy framing and Planning.
  • To support other sections of PBS in conduct of economic related activities.
  • To conduct and arrange meetings with stakeholders inside and outside of PBS.
  • To follow up and implement the minutes of the meeting.

Current and future activities of the Section

To initiate the working on second Economic Census in Pakistan, a Section has been established in Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, headed by the Director General, Economic Statistics. Economic Census Section has been assigned the task of conducting Economic Census in the country including Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jamu Kashmir with active collaboration and coordination of all the stakeholders. This Census would be based on the Economic Frame extracted from House Listing Operation (HLO) of 7^th Population and Housing Census-2023.For development of Economic Frame, cleaning and correction of Economic Frame of Population & Housing Census-2023  is under process. Currently, verification of the frame for districts i.e. Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala is underway by constituting different teams.