Published on, Aug. 22 -- August 22, 2025 1:51 AM

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday launched the first "Digital Economic Census" and said that this data-set will facilitate the country's economy to be based on scientific planning.

This is Pakistan's first economic census, and these statistics will assist with national economic planning, including good governance, unemployment and better utilization of national resources and sustainable economic growth in the country, the Minister said.

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said this while launching of "Ceremony of Economic Census -Main Findings Report" organized by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) here at the Ministry of Planning Auditorium.

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