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GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN
BUREAU OF STATISTICS PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
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PRESENTATION ON
COLLABORATION AMONG DATA COMPILERS AND USERS
(CADCU)

• (WORKSHOP ON 8-9 MAY 2006 AT KARACHI
• ORGANIZED BY - STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN)

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Bureau of Statistics was established in 1971 in
Planning Development Department, Government of
Balochistan under the General Statistical Act
1975. It comprises on one Director, one
Additional Director, one Deputy Director and 17
Assistant Directors detail organizational
structure is annexed. (Annexed A)
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To collect, compile data/ statistics relating to
all Socio-Economic sectors of the province and
disseminate their of.Build and review sound and
effective Provincial Statistical Program.Prepare
and issue Statistical publication to disseminate
Statistical Information. Prepare the
Socio-Economic Indicator of the Province.Prepare
and maintain up to date forum for conducting
surveys and census.Adopt and follow National
Accounting standards and procedures in collection
tabulation and presentation.Liaison between
Federal and Provincial Governments on statistical
matters and secretariat services to Provincial
Statistical Council.Being Provincial Statistical
Authority responsible for collecting, editing/
coding and compiling of CMIs.Preparation/
Maintenance of QIM.Act as Provincial Data
Processing agency for various Provincial
Departments.
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS
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Most of these responsibilities are fulfilled
through its following periodical publications.
1. Development Statistics of Balochistan.2.
Balochistan in Figures (leaf let).3.Pocket Book
of Balochistan.4. Social Indicator of
Balochistan.5. District Profile.
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Bureau of Statistics relies on Secondary Data/
Statistics, the data is received from Provincial
and Federal line departments on the request after
exhaustive and consecutive pursuance of the
Bureau of Statistics staff. On receipt of data it
is thoroughly examined/ processed and then it is
made reliable and useful for the users. It also
serves to harmonize the data on different
variables so that uniform and authentic
information could be used by all the line
departments, Research workers Administrators and
PDD in planning process. (List of users at
Annexure B)
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The Provincial Government needs a Bureau of
Statistics to have effective control over
information and statistics relating to
development planning and serve to centralize the
preservations and dissemination of these data.
Bureau of Statistics in other Provinces is so
structural that they are an entity in themselves
but in case of Balochistan the Bureau of
Statistics is under developed. It is lagging in
terms of expertise, resources and their abilities
to generate statistics relating to the formation.
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SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BUREAU OF
STATISTICS

• To improve the quality of statistics it need
  following measures.
• Capacity building through intensive training in
  relevant fields of statistics to the staff of
  Bureau of Statistics so their skills could be
  developed.
• Establishment of Regional Statistical Offices at
  Hub, Gawadar, Dera Murad Jamali and Loralai.
• Provision of vehicle for operational activities
  i.e. Data Collection, Surveys, etc.
• Provision of Equipment i.e. Computers with
  accessories, Photocopier and Laptop with
  Multimedia (for presentations and briefs).

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PREPARED BY
Aslam Shakir Baloch DIRECTOR BUREAU OF
STATISTICS

• Planning Development Department, Government of
  Balochistan.

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