As Eid-ul-Adha and the budget approach, prices of daily essentials have increased across the country. According to the Statistics Bureau’s weekly report, tomato prices rose the most by 16.94 percent in one week. Prices of potatoes, onions, bananas, and eggs also went up noticeably. Additionally, sugar and broken rice prices showed an increase. The report […]
Statistics Bureau
Tarin says PBS revamped to get proper statistics for better policy interventions
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Sunday said that the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics was revamped in order to make it an independent institution to get proper statistics for better policy interventions. Addressing a virtual press briefing, he said that it was not functioning under the Ministry of Finance. To a […]