INTERNSHIP REPORT ON BUREAU OF STATISTICS, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE

Abstract

The Bureau of statistics (BOS) of the Punjabi government is Official government statistics provider in the province. BOS is also charged with the responsibility of receiving collecting, assessing, and disseminating statistical data through electronic media and in specific periodical publications that it comes up with. It is an associated department of the Planning and Development Department which primarily focuses on the issues of youth’s participation in political leadership and governance. It works in conjunction with the Federal Statistical System; it formulates statistical initiatives, supervises provincial level data acquisition and calculates provincial scores using surveys and censuses. Seven Division/ nine District Field Offices of BOS along with Lahore headquarters are importance components of development planning and decision making in Punjab. BOS was originally set up in 1957 while in 1959 it was placed under the Power, Irrigation & Development Department of West Pakistan’s Planning and Development Department. Then it developed into a more serious form of a disease that does not have any well-defined treatment to this day. This development was part of a broader effort to address the shortcomings of Pakistan’s decentralized statistical system and to enhance the coordination and expansion of statistical activities across the country.