Chief of Army Staff
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 General Raheel Sharif Nishan-i-Imtiaz
(Military), Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) hails from a martial stock. He was
born in Quetta on 16 June 1956 to Major and Mrs Muhammad Sharif. He is
younger brother of Major Shabir Sharif, NH, SJ and Capt Mumtaz Sharif,
Sbt. He is an alumnus of Govt College Lahore, and Pakistan Military
Academy from where he passed out with 54th PMA Long Course.
He was commissioned in Oct 1976 in the battle hardened and renowned 6th
Battalion The Frontier Force Regiment in which his elder brother had
embraced Shahadat.
As a Young Officer, he performed his
duties in Gilgit in an Infantry Brigade and also served as Adjutant of
Pakistan Military Academy. He did Company Commander's Course from
Germany and subsequently served in the prestigious School of Infantry
and Tactics as an instructor. He attended the Command and Staff College
Canada, graduating with distinction.
The officer carries with him a vast
experience of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments. He served
as the Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade and has commanded two
infantry units i.e 6 Frontier Force Regiment at Kashmir along LOC and 26
Frontier Force Regiment along the Sialkot Border. He remained on the
faculty of the Command and Staff College, Quetta and attended Armed
Forces War Course at National Defence University, Islamabad in 1998. As a
Brigadier, he has commanded two Infantry Brigades, including an
Independent Infantry Brigade Group. The General has had the honor of
being the Chief of Staff of two Corps, i.e 30 Corps and 12 Corps. He is
also a graduate of the prestigious Royal College of Defence Studies,
United Kingdom.
He has been the General Officer Commanding
of an Infantry Division and the Commandant of prestigious Pakistan
Military Academy. As a Lieutenant General he served as Corps Commander
30 Corps for two years before taking over as Inspector General Training
and Evaluation in which capacity he oversaw the training of Pakistan
Army. His stewardship resulted in fructification of Pakistan Army's
operational thought and doctrinal response to the much vaunted Cold
Start doctrine of Indian Army. The general is married and has two sons
and a daughter. He is an avid reader and enjoys hunting and swimming.
With courtesy ISPR.
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Introduction
After independence of Pakistan, Central Statistical Office (CSO) was setup by the Government of Pakistan in 1950 as an attached department of Economic Affairs Division. Since then statistical system was reviewed from time to time by both local and foreign consultants. In 1972, on the recommendation of IBRD Mission, Central Statistical Office (CSO) was upgraded to a full-fledged Statistics Division. The Division was re-organized in 1981 and its technical wing (the then CSO) was converted into Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) as one of its attached departments. As a step forward Government of Pakistan has established Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, by merging Federal Bureau of Statistics, the Population Census Organization, The Agriculture Census Organization and the Technical wing of Statistics Division.Functions of PBS
- Collection, compilation and analysis of statistical data relating to various sectors of economy
- Publication of statistical data
- Exchange of statistical information with foreign countries
- Technical advice and statistical coordination with other departments
- Clearance of statistical projects undertaken by different organizations
- Evaluation of efficient computation methods for statistical estimation
- Implementation of policy laid down by the Statistics Division by suitably adopting the Statistical System of Pakistan to conform with the policy
- Undertaking the National censuses and surveys
Main Activities of PBS
Collection and compilation of statistical data relating to various socio-economic sectors through primary, secondary sources and administrative records of the government:a) PRIMARY SOURCE
- Price Statistics
- Labor Force Statistics
- Demographic Statistics
- Household Income & Expenditure Statistics
- Statistics on Social & Economic status of household
- Private Building Construction Statistics
- Population & Housing Census
- Agriculture & Livestock Census
b) SECONDARY SOURCE
- Statistics of Manufacturing Industries
- Social Statistics like Education, Health, Sports and Culture
- Mining and Electricity Undertakings Statistics
- Business and Communication
c) ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
- Foreign Trade Statistics
- Public Finance Statistics
- Publication of Statistical data.
- Supply of Statistical information to Federal Ministries, Provincial Governments and other National & International Organizations.
- Evaluation and introduction of standard concepts, definitions and classifications pertaining to national statistical series.
- On job training to the working statisticians of various Federal/Provincial organizations.
- Preparation of National Accounts.
Statistical Acts
- The General Statistics (Reorganization) Act, 2011
- Draft Report on Service Structure and Service Rules
- Addendum to the Draft Report on Service Structure and Service Rules
