The Bulletin of Statistics, Monthly Publication of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics provide important statistics in respect of social, economic and financial sectors of the economy at aggregate as well as sectoral levels. The Bulletin contains data relating to Population, National Accounts, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Prices, Balance of Payments, Public Finance, Education, Energy & Mining, Foreign Economic Assistance, Foreign Trade, Health, Insurance, Labour, Transport & Communication, Social & Culture etc. It also provides different types of indices on agriculture, manufacturing, prices, trade and labour productivity. Charts and graphs have also been provided to selected tables to make the data readily intelligible.
The Bulletin contains data on monthly and in some instances on annual basis. The annual data series are on fiscal year basis i.e. from July to June unless otherwise specified. Monthly data series of trade and industry are published with a time lag of 45 days required for data collection, compilation, cleaning, processing, tabulating and printing. Figures may not add up to the totals owing to rounding. Statistics that are compiled in the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics are presented without citation whereas those compiled by other agencies carry a source note below the tables.
Efforts have been made to produce this Bulletin as a comprehensive, informative and useful document for decision makers, researchers, planners, economists and other groups of beneficiaries. It is hoped that the users will find this Bulletin useful.