Important Abbreviations General Knowledge ONELINER

Important Abbreviations General Knowledge ONELINER

ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND TERMS

AAA Agricultural Adjustment Act
AAA Amateur Athletics Association
ABA Amateur Boxing Association ABAD Agency for Barani Area Development
ABC Agri Business Ceil, American Broadcasting Company,
Asia Badminton Confederation, Asian Boxing Council, Audit Bureau of Circulation ABL Allied Bank of Pakistan ABM Anti Ballistic Missiles ABN Asia Business News ABU Asian Broadcasting Union
AC Alternating Current, Assistant Commissioner, Ante Christum (before Christ), Accountability Court
AC. ac Air Conditioning
ACA Association of the Chartered Accountants ACC Arab Cooperation Council ACR Annual Confidential Report
Ad (Ads) Advertisement (Advertisements)
AD Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)
ADA Air Port Development Authority
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADBP Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan
ADC Aide-de-camp, Agricultural Development
Corporation, Additional Deputy Commissioner
ADF Arab Detterent Force, Asian Development Fund
ADFIMI Association of National Development Finance Institution in Member countries of Islamic Development Bank
Adm. Admiral
ADP Annual Development Programme
AEC Army Education Corps, Atomic Energy Commission
AEDB Alternate National Electric Energy
AEUC Arab Economic Unity Council
AFC Asian Football Confederation
AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
AFP Agency France Press, Archery Federation of Pakistan
AFT A Asian Free T rade Area
AC Accountant General, Advocate Gene?ai
ACM Annual General Meeting
AGPR Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues
AH,AM, Anno Hegirae
AHF Asian Hockey Federation
At Air India, Amnesty International
A! Artificial Insemination
AIC Arab investment Company

AID Agency for International Development
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Disease)
AIMC Allama Iqbal Medical College
AI0U Allama Iqbal Open University
AiP Afghan Islamic Press
AJK Azad Jammu & Kashmir
AKDN Aga Khan Development Network
AKF Agha Khan Foundation
AL Arab League, (original name League of Arab States) ALESCO Arab League Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation A level Advance Level
Alt. Altitude
AM Air Marshal, Artiom Magister am Ante maridiem; (before noon) before midday, am Ante meridiem (before noon)
AMF Arab Monetary Fund amp. Ampere(s)
AMU Arab Magherb Union
ANC African National Congress
ANF Anti Narcotics Force
ANN Asian News Network
ANTF Anti-Narcotics Task Force (formerly PNC8)
ANZUS Australian, New Zealand, United States of America (Security treaty)
AP Associated Press, Assistant Professor APC Agricultural Prices Commission, All Parties Conference
APCA All Pakistan Cotton Power Looms Association, All Pakistan Clerks Association APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APFTy All-Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions APHC All Parties Hurriyat Conference API Associated Press of India
APIBD Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development APNEC All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Federation APNS All Pakistan Newspaper Society APOSTCI Ail Pakistan Organization of Small Traders and Cottage Industry
APP Associated Press of Pakistan APPCEO Asia Pacific Parliamentarian Conference on Environment and Development APPRF Anti privatization and Public Rights Forum APRC Asia Pacific Regional Committee ARTEC All Pakistan Technology Engineers Council ’ APTMA All Pakistan Textile Mills Association APWA All Pakistan Women's Association Arabsat Arb Satellite Communications Organizations ARD Alliance for Restoration of Democracy ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ARf Agricultural Research Institute?
ASCE Area Study Centre for Europe, Unity of Karachi
AsDB Asian Development Bank
ASEAN Association of South East Asia Nations
ASF Airport Security Force
ASIP Agriculture Sector Investment Project
ATA Anti Terrorist Act
ATM Automated Teller Machine (Banking)
ATP Alternate TO Practical AW Asia Watch, Atomic Weight AW ACS Airborne Warning and Control System
B A Bachelor of Arts, British Academy, British Airways
B.Com. Bachelor of Commerce
B.Ed. Bachelor of Education
B.Sc. Bachelor of Science
Bar-at-Law Barrister-at Law
BAS ATA British and South Asian Trade Association
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BBQ Barbecu
BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Bomb Disposal Squad
BE Bill of Entry, Bill of Exchange, Bachelor of Engineering
BEL Bankers Equity Limited
BENELUX Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
BIS British Information Service. Bank for International
Settlements
BISE Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
BOP Bank of Punjab,
BP Blood Pressure, Boiling Point, Blue Print
BPS Basic Pay Scale
BRBM Battlefield Range Ballistic Missile BSF Boarder Society Force (India)
BTU British Thermal Unit C - in - C Commonder-in-Chief C/A Current Account
CAA Civil Aviation Authority *
CABB Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry & Biotechnology
(Pakistan)
CAC Cash and Carry and
CAD Computer-aided Design
Cal Calorei
Cantab Cambridge University
CAR Central African Republic
CARiCOM Caribbean Community and Common Market
CARs Central Asian Republics
CAS Chief of the Air Staff, Country Assistance Strategy
CAS Court of Arbitration for Sports
CAS Court of Arbitration in Sports
CBI Central Bureau of Investigation
CBMs Confidence Building Measures
CBS Columbia Broadcasting System
CCt & E Chief Controller of Imports and Exports
CCI Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Council of
Common Interest
CD Civil Defence, community Development, Compact
Disc
CDA Capita! Development Authority, Call Deposit Account (Banking)
CDC Commonwealth Development Corporation
CDFC Commonwealth Development Finance Corporation
CDNS Central Directorate of National Savings
CDP Community Development Programme
CDR Call Deposit Receipts
CD-ROM Compact Disc Read-only
CDWP Central Development Working Body
CE Central European Initiative
CE Chief Executive, Civil Engineer, Chief Engineer,
Council of Europe
CEO Chief Election Commissioner, Chief Ehtesb
Commissioner
CROP Cotton Export Corporation of Pakistan
CED Central Excise Duty
CENTO Central Treaty Organization
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamps (Energy Savers)
CHASNUPP Chashma Nuclear Power Plant
CIA Central Intelligence Agency (USA), Crimes
Investigation Agency (Pakistan)
CID Criminal Investigation Department
GIF Cost, Insurance and Freight
CIRC Corporated Industrial Renual Corporation
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
CJ Chief justice
CLA Corporate Law Authority (now SECP)
CLRC Corporate Laws Review Commission
CMCC China Mobile Communications Corporation
CND Compaign for Nuclear Disarmament
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CNN Cable News Network
CNS Chief of the Naval Staff
CO Commanding Officer
C0AS Chief of the Army Staff
COC Carry Over Charge (Stock exchange)
Col. Colonel, Column
COM Carry Over Market (Stock exchange)
Computer aided manufacturing COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation
COMSTECH Council of Scientifc and Technology Cooperation of Islamic Conference
COT Carry Over Transaction (Stock exchange)
CP Colombo plan
CPC Civil Procedure Code
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI Corruption Perception Index
CPWB Child Protection Welfare Bureau
CROP Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSP Civil Services of Pakistan
CSS Central Superior Services, Centre of Excellence in
Solid State Physics (Lahore)
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CIO Cotton Trading Corporation
CT-Scan Computerized axial Tomography Scanning (also abbreviated CT-Scan)
CTV Closed Circuit Television
CVT Capital Value Tax
D Lift. Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Literature
DAfD.A. District Attorney
DBA Diploma in Business Administration
DCO District Coordination Officer
DEO District Education Officer
DFIs Development Finance Institutions
DG Director General
DGPR Director General Public Relation
DHA District Hockey Association
DIC JO Development of Islamic Countries Transport Organisation
DIG Deputy Inspector General (Police) Distt District
DLL Diploma in Labour Laws
DMG District Management Group
DP A Deutsche Press Agency
D-phil (Ph.D) Doctor of Philosophy
DPI Director of Public Instruction
DPR Defence of Pakistan Rules, Director Public Relations
DSP Deputy Superintendent of Police
DIRE Duty and Tax Remission for Export
DUHS Dow University of Health Services
DVD Dynamic Versatile Disc
E & OE Errors and Ommlssions Excepted
E East
EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
EC ■ European Community EC European community, Election Commission,
Electricity Council
ECA Economic Commission for Africa EGA Economic Commission for Asia (UN)
ECAT Engineering Colleges Admission Test
ECE Economic Commission for Europe ECG Eiectro-Cardio Gram
ECL Exit Control List
ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECM European Common Market
ECNR European Centre for Nuclear Research
ECO Economic Cooperation Organistion ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (UN)
EGSC European Conference on Security and Co-operation
ECU European Currency Unit (now replaced by Euro) EDB Engineering Development Board
EDB Engineering Development Board
EDO Executive district officer
EEC European Economic Community
EEG Electroencephalogram
EFA Education for all
EFTA Europan Free Trade Association
EIB European Investment Bank
ELT English Language Teaching
EMS European Monetary System
EMU European Monetary Union
BHBRCOU Energy Conservation Centre ENT Ear, Nose and Throat
EOABS Empolyees Old Age Benefit Scheme EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPB Export Promotion Bureau
EPS Export Promotion Bureau
EPD Environment Protection Department EPI Expanded Programme on Immunisation
EPI Extended Programme of Immunisation
EPZA Export Processing Zones Authority ERM Exchange rate Mechanism
ESA European Space Agency
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific
ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
ESP Extra Sensory Perception
ESRO European Space Research Organisation
ETO Excise & Taxation Officer
ETPB Evueued Trust Properties Board
EU European Union
FANA Federal Administered Northern Areas
FATA federal Administered Tribal Areas
FAX Fascimile
FBI Federal Bureau of investigation (US)
FBS Federal Bureau of Statistics
FCA Federal Committee on Agriculture, Foreign Currency Account
FCBC Foreign Currency Bearer Certificate
FCPS Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons
FDI Foreign Direct Investment, Fixed Direct Investment
FIA Federal Investigation Agency
FIFA Federation Internationale
FIR First Information Report
FJMC Fatima Jinnah Medical College (Lahore)
FJWA Fatima Jinnah Women University
FLS Front Line States
FM Frequency Modulation
FMCT Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty FOB free on board
FOR free on rail
FPCCI Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & industry
FPSC Federal Public Service Commission
FRCS Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
FSC Federal Shariat Court
FSU former Soviet Union
FTA Free Trade Agreement
FWB First Women Bank
FWO Frontier Works Organization
FY Fiscal year
FYMA Filament Yarn Manufacturers Association GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (now WTO since January 1995)
GB Great Britain
GCC Global Cricket Council
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
GCSE General Certificate of
GDA Grand Democratic Alliance
GDI Gross Domestic Income
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDR German Democratic Republic
GHz Gigahertz
GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test GMT Greenwich Mean Time
G HA Gulf News Agency GNP Gross National Product
GOC General Officer Commanding
GP General Practitioner
GRE Graduate Record Examination
GSP Gender Support Programme
GST General Safes Tax
GST General Sales Tax
GWP gross world product
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point HAMAS Harkat al-Muqawama aMsiamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement)
HBFC House Building Finance Corporation HBL Habib Bank Limited
HC High Court
HCF Highest Common Factor
HCP Hockey Club of Pakistan
HIPS Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Hit Heavy Industries Taxila
HIV Hired Immunal Virus
HJ Hilal-i-Juriat
HRCP Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
HTML Hypertext Mark-up-Language
HTTP Hypertext T ransfer Protocol
HTV Heavy T ra n spo rt Vehicle
HU BCG Hub Power Company Ltd.
IAAF International Amateur Athletics Federation
IACP Investment Advisory Centre of Pakistan
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (UN)
I AT A International Air Transport .Association
IB Intelligence Bureau
IBA Institute of Business Administration
IBB Isiamic Bank of Britain ,
IBEC International Bank for Economic Cooperation
IBM International Business Machines
SBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (commonly known as World Bank)
1C Integrated Circuit, Intelligence Corps
(CAP Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
fCBM Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
ICC International Chamber of Commerce, International
Cricket Council
ICE & E Institute of Containing Education and Extension ICFM Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers
iCIS International Centre for isiamic Studies
ICJ International Court of Justice
ICMAP Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan
ICP Investment Corporation of Pakistan
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross/Crescent
ICRM Internaitonal Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICS International College of Surgeons, Indian Civil
Services, International Chamber of Shipping
ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the fromer yogoslavia
ICU Intensive Care Unit
IDA International Development Association
IDA Internationa! Development Association.
IDS Islamic Development Bank (Jeddah)
IDBP Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan
IEA International Energy Agency
IED Improvised Explosive Device
IELTS international English
IBP Institute of Engineers Pakistan IFC International Finance Corporation
IFF, International Football Federation
IF J international Federation of Journalists
IFRCS International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IFTU international Federation of Trade Unions
IG Inspector General
IGAD Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IGADD Inter-Governmental Authority on Droughst and Development
IHF International Hockey Federation
IIB International Investment Bank
IIC Islamic Ideology Council
URO Islamic International Relief Organisation
HU International Islamic University
lIU International Islamic University
ILC International Law Commission
ILO international Labour Organisaton
IMF international Monetary Fund
IMG International Maritime Organization
iNA Iraq News Agency
INSTRAW International Research and Training institute for the Advancement of women
INTELSAC International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
Intelsat international Telecommunications satellite organization
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communiations
IOC International Olympic Committee
lOU I Owe You
IPIG Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline
IPP independent Power Producers
IQ intelligence Quotient
IRA Irish Republic Army
IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRF Islamic Research Foundation
IRNA Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran)
1RSA Indus River System Authority
ISBN International Standard Book Number
IS! Inter Services Intelligence
ISO International Standardisation Organisation
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISPR Inter Services Public Relations
ISRP irrigation System Reform Programme
fSSB inter Services Selection Board
IT Information Technology
ITB Information Technology Board
ITO International Trade Organisation, Income Tax Officer
IV Intravenous; Intravenously
JAL Japan Airlines
JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JCO Junior Commissioned Officer
JETR0 Japanese External Trade Organisation
JICA Japan international Cooperation Agency
JKLF Jamu & Kashmir Liberation front
JPMC Jinah Post Graduate Medical College
KANUPP Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
KAPCO Kot Adu Power Company
KCNA Korean Central News Agency
KONA Korean Central News Agency
KDA Karachi Development Authority
KEMU King Edward Medical University (Lahore)
KESC Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
KGB Komitat Gosudarstvennony Bizopasnosty (Committee
for State Security; former Russian Intelligence Agency)
kHz Kilohertz
km Kilometer
KMC Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
KPT Karachi Port Trust
KRL A.G. Khan Research Laboratories
KSE Karachi Stock Exchange
KUNA Kuwait News Agency
KV Kilo Volt
kW Kilowatt
L/C Letter of Credit
LAI A Latin American Integration Association
LAN Local Area Network (Computer)
LBW Leg Before Wicket
LC Letter of Credit
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
COM Lowest Common Multiple
LDA Lahore Development Authority
LDC Less developed country
LFO Legal Framework Order
LG Letter of Guarantee
LHCBA Lahore High Court Bar Association
LIBOR London Inter Bank Offer Rate
LLB Bachelor of Laws (Legnm Baccalaureus)
LLD Doctor of Law (Legurn doctor)
LLDC least developed Dumpling
LLM Master of Law (Legum Magister)
LoC Line of Control
LPDI Leather Product Development Institute
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LSE Lahore Stock Exchange
LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the largest group of Tamils fighting for a separate state against Sri Lankan forces),
M.Com. Master of Commerce
M.Ed. Master of Education
M.Phil, Master of Philosophy
M.Sc. Master of Science
MAD Mutually Assured Destruction
MOAT Medical Colleges Admission Test
MCL Metropolitan Corporation Lahore
MCQs Multiple Choice Questions
MDA Multan Development Authority
MDS Master in Dental Surgery
MEA Middle East Airlines
MENA Middle East News Agency
MEPCO Manpower Export of Placement Corporation
MFA Mufti Fiber Agreement (Agreement of Textile Quota)
MFB Micro Finance Bank
MFN Most Favoured Nation
Ml Military Intelligence
MILF Morocco Islamic Liberation Front
Minfal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
MEA Member of Legislature Assembly, Martial Law Administrator
MLF Multilateral (nuclear) Force
MLO Martial Law Order
MM A Muthidda Mai!i$-e-Amai
MNA Member of National Assembly
MNLF More National Liberation Front (Philippines)
MNP Mobile Number Probability
MO Money Order, Medical Officer
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Member of Parliament, Military Police
MPA Member of Provincial Assembly
MQM Muttahida Qaumi Movement
MRBM Medium Range Ballistic Missile
MRCP Member of Royal College of Physicians
MRCS Member of Royal College of Surgeons
MRI Magnetic Resonance imaging
MS Medical Superintendent
MSN Microsoft Network
MTV Music Television
MVE Motor Vehicle Examination
MW Megawatt
NAB National Accountability Bureau
NACC North Atlantic Cooperation Council, National Advisory Credit Committee
NADRA National Database and Registration Authority NAFEN North and Far East News (Agency)
NALC Northern Areas Legislative Council NAM Non-aligned Movement
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
NATC North Atlantic Treaty Council
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NBC National Broadcasting
NBCP National Book Council of Pakistan NBF National Book Foundation
NBP National Bank of Pakistan
NC Nordic Council
NCA National College of Arts (Lahore), Nuclear Commercial Authority
NCG National Cadet Corps
NCCC National Credit—Consultative Council
NCGR National Commission on Govt. Reforms
NCL National Control Laboratory
NCMC National Crisis Management Cell
NONA New China News Agency
NDC National Defence Council, National Development Complex, National Documentation Centre
NDFC National Development Finance Corporation
NDMA National Disaster Management Authority
NEA Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
NEFA North East Frontier Agency
NEGL negligible
NEPRA National Electric Power Regulatory Authority NESPAK National Engineering Services of Pakistan NETCOM National Education and Training Commission News North East West South
NFC National Fertilizer Corporation
NGOs Non-Governmental Organization^)
NH Nishan-i-Haider
NHA National Highway Authority
NHC National Hijra Council
NIA Nuclear Institute of Agriculture
NIAB Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (Faisaiabad)
NIC National Identity Card
NIC Newly Industrializing country.
NiCH National Institute of Child Health
NICVD National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
NIE Newly industrializing economy
NIH National Institute of Health (Islamabad)
Ml FA National Institute of Public Administration
NIPS National Institute for Population Studies
NIRC National Industrial Relations Commission
MIS New independent states
NISC National Institute of Sports and Culture
NIST National Institute of Silicon Technology (Islamabad)
NIT National Investment Trust
NLC National Logistic Cell, Network Leasing Corporation
NM Nautical mile
NMD National Missile Defence
NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone
MPT Non Proliferation Treaty, National Press Trust
MRA Nuclear Regulatory Authority
MRB National Reconstruction Bureau
NRB National Reconstruction Burpeau
NSC National Saving Centre, National Security Council,
National Shipping Committee, National Sports Committee/Corporation
NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group
NIC National Tariff Commission, National
Telecommunication Corporation NTM Network Marketing Television
MTM National Tax Number
NTS National Testing Service
NUJ National Union of Journalists (LUC)
NUST National University of Science and Technology NWD Nation Wide Dialing
O Level Ordinary Level
GAPEC Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
DAS Organization of American States
OAU Organisation of African Unity
OBE Order of the British Empire
OCA Olymiptc Council of Asia
OCA. Olympic Council of Asia
OD Over Draft. (Banking)
ODECA Organization of Central American States
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OGDC Oi! and Gas Development Corporation
OIC Organisation of Islamic Conference
OPCW Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OFF Overseas Pakistan Federation .
OFF Overseas Pakistani’s Foundation
OPIC Oversees Private Investment Corporation
OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OSD Officer on Special Duty
OXon Oxford University
PASAS Pakistan Audit and Accounts Services
PAA Pakistan Advertisers Association
PAC Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
PACO Pakistan Automobile Corporation
PAEC Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
RAF Pakistan Air Force
PA1 Press Asia International
PAL Pakistan Academy of Letters
PAM A Pakistan Automobile Manufacturing Association
PAP Poverty Alleviation Programme
PARCO Pak-Arb Refinery Company PARK Pakistan Agricultural and Research Council PAS Pakistan Academy of Sciences
PASC Pakistan Administrative Staff College
PASM 1C Pakistan Stee! Mills Corporation
PASSCO Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation
PAT A Provinciaily Administrated Tribal Areas
PAVC Punjab Administrative Vigilance Commission
PBC Pakistan Banking Council, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
PBC Punjab Bar Council
PBM Pakistan Baitul Mai
PBSA Pakistan Boy Scouts Association
PBUH Peace Be Upon Him
PC Privatization Commission, Persona! Computer, Paris
Club, Pearl Continental, per cent
PCB Pakistan Cricket Board (formerly BCCP), Punjab Cooperative Bank
PCCW Pacific Century Cyberworks
PCO Provisional Constitutional Order, Public Call Office FOP Printing Corporation of Pakistan Limited
FCRWR Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources
PCS Provincial Civil Services
PCSIR Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
PDBI Pakistan Development Banking Institute
PDP Pakistan Democratic Party
PDWCP Pakistan Deep Water Container Port
PEAC Pakistan Atom Energy Commission
PECO Pakistan Energy Conservation Council
PEMRA Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
PEPA Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
PETD Punjab Excise and Taxation Department
PFF Pakistan Football Federation
PFUJ Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists
PGMEA Pakistan Gloves Manufacturers and Exporters Association
PGM I Post Graduate Medical Institute
Ph.D Philosophiate Doctor, Doctor of Philosophy
PHF Pakistan Hockey Federation
PI AC Pakistan International Airlines Corporation
PtCfC Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation
PID Press Information Department
FIDE Punjab Industrial Development Board
PIDC Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
PIEEMC Punjab Industrial Estate Development and Management Company
PHAF Pakistan Institute of Internationa! Affairs
PILDA» Pakistan Institute for Legislative Development and Transparency
PM Pakistan Institute of Management
PI MS Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences PIN Personal Identification Number
PINA Pakistan Institute of National Affairs
PINSTECH Pakistan Institute of Nuclear, Science and Technology
PIPS Pakistan Institute for Peace Students
FITS Punjab Information Technology Board
FLA Palestine Liberation Army
PLC Pakistan Law Commission
PLD Pakistan Legal Decisions
PLO Palestine Liberation Organisation
Pm post meridiem (Afternoon); post mortem
PMAP Pakhtoonkhawa Mills A warns Party
PMDC Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
PMS Punjab Management Service
PNCA Pakistan National Council of Arts
PNCB Pakistan Narcotics Control Board
PNEA Pakistan News Editor’s Association
PNRA Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority
PNSC Pakistan National Shipping Corporation
PO Post Office, Postal Order, Pilot Officer
POA Pakistan Olympic Association
PDF Pakistan Ordnance Factory
PPA Political Parties Act, Pakistan Press Association
PPG Pakistan Penal Code
PPI Pakistan Press International
PPIB Private Power and Infrastructure Board
PPL Pakistan Petroleum Ltd,
PPP Pakistan Paper Products, Pakistan People’s Party,
Puncharing Power Parity
PPSC Punjab Public Service Commission
PQA Port Qasim Authority
PR Pakistan Railways, Press Release, Proportional Representation, Public Relations
PRA Petroleum Regulatory Authority
PRCS Pakistan Red Crescent Society
PRO Public Relations Officer
PRODA Public Representative Officers Disqualification Act PSCAC Private Sector Credit Advisory Council
PSIA Pakistan Seafood Industries Association
PSM Pakistan Steel Mills (Karachi)
PSMA Pakistan Sugar Mills Association
PSO Pakistan State Oil
PSPP Pakistan Security Printing Press
PST Pakistan Standard Time
PTA Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
PTBB Punjab Textbook Board, Partial Test Ban Treaty
PTC Pakistan Television Corporation, Pakistan Tobacco
Company
PTCL Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
(formerly PTC)
PTDC Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation
PT! Press Trust of India
PU Punjab University (University of the Punjab)
PWD Public Works Department
PWG Pakistan Writers’ Guild
QNA Qatar News Agency
RAB Regional Accountability Bureau
RADAR Radio Detecting and Ranging
RAW Research And Analysis Wing (India)
RC Red Cross, Red Crescent, Roman Catholic
RCBW Review Conference of Biological Weapons
RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete
ROD Regional Cooperation for Development
RIP, R.I.P, Rest in Peace
RISEAP Regional Islamic Organisation of South East Asia and the Pacific
RSVP Please Reply (from French)
SSIP Short and Term Deposits
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACU Southern African Customs Union
SADC Southern African Development Community
SAFE South Asian federation Exchange SAFMA South Asia Free Media Association SAFI A South As ia F ree Trad e Ag reement SAFTA South Asia Free Trade Agreement SALT Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks SANA Syrian News Agency
SAP Social Action Programme
SAPC South Asia Press Commission
SAPP South Asia Partnership Pakistan
SAP!A SAARC P refe rential Trading Arrangement SARIE South Asian Regional Institute on Energy SARMF South Asia Regional Material Fund
SAS Self Aissessment Scheme, Scandinavian Airlines System
SAT Scholastic Assessment Test
SAUT Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam
SBFC Small Business Finance Corporation
SBP State Bank of Pakistan
SCO Saarc Chamber of Commerce and Industry
SDP Sost Dry Port - Joint Venture of China and Pakistan.
SDR Special Drawing Rights
SEADO South East Asia Defence Organization
SEATO South East Asia Treaty Organization
SECP Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SKMCH Shaukat Khanam Memorial Cancer Hospital
SLV Satellite Launch Vehicle
SMEDA Smalt and Medium Enterprise Development Authority
SMEDA Small and Medium Size Enterprises Development Authority
SMEs Small and Medium size Enterprises
SMS Short Message Service
SNGPL Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
S NSC Sup rerne Nation a I Secu rity Council
SO Staff Officer, Section Officer, State Officer
SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging
SPA Saudi Press Agency
Sparteca South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
SPC South Pacific Commission
SPF South Pacific Forum
SPI Sensitive Price Index
Sq km Square kilometer
SRBM Short Range Ballistic Missile
SROs Statutory Rules and Orders
SSGPL Sui Southern Gas Pipeline Limited
SSP Senior Superintendent of Police
SIAR Satellites for Telecommunication Applications and Research (European Consortium)
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease, Subscriber’s Trunk Dialing, Doctor of Sacred Theology
STM Subscriber Identification
STN Shalimar Television Network
SUNA Sudan News Agency
SUPARCO Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Committee (Pakistan)
SWAPO South West Africa People’s Organisation $WM Solid Stale Management
TAB Technical Assistance Board (of UN)
TAD A Terrorist & Disruptive Activities .Act
TAS Tax Amnesty Scheme
TB Tubercle Bacillus, Tuberculosis
TC Trusteeship Council (UN), Travelers Cheque
TCA Trans-Canada Airlines
TDAP Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
TDAP Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
TDAP Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
TDCP Tourism Development Corporation of Pakistan
TEPA Traffic Engineering and Town Planning
TEVTA Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority
UFA Transit Transport Framework Agreement
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TIP Telephone Industries of Pakistan (Haripur), Tehrik-i-
Istiqlal Pakistan (a political party)
TNT Tri-Nitro-Toluene (High Explosive)
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language ToR Terms of Reference
TUSDEC Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company
TWA Trans-World Airlines (US)
TWTF Third World Tennis Federation
UAE United Arab Emirates
UAF University of Agricultural Faisalabad
UAR United Arab Republic
UBL United Bank Limited
UCAS Union of Central Africa States
UDEAC Central Africa Economic and Custom Union
UDI Unilateral Declaration of Independence
UEFA Union of European Football
UFO Unidentified Flying Objects
UGC University Grants Commission
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UK United Kingdom
UNIS Urgent Mail Service
UN United Nations
UNAEC United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
UNCC United Nations Compensation Commission
UNCIP United Nations Commission of India and Pakistan UNCLOS United Nations Conference on the Law of Seas UNCOD United Nations Conference on Desertification
UNC3TD United Nations Conference on Science and Technology Development
UNCTD United Nation Conference on Trade and Development
UNCURK United Nations Committee for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
UNDCP United Nation Drug Control Programme UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNDRO United Nations Disaster Relief Organisation UNECAFE United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
UN ED A United Nations Economic Development Administration
UN EEC United Nations Economic and Employment Commission
UNEF United Nations Emergency Force
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFAD United Nations Fund for Agricultural Development UNFICYP United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCRHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN! United News of India
UNIC United Nations Information Centre
UNICEF United Nations Internationa! Children's Emergency Fund
UNICES United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Insitute
UNIDIR United Nations Disarmament Research UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission UNIPOM United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observers Group for India and Pakistan
UNMOT United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan
UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission
UNO United Nations Organisation UNOC United Nations Operations in Congo
UNOCHA United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan -
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UN PA United Nations Fund for Population Activities UNPFCYP United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRWA United Nations Relief aryd Works Agency (for Palestine Refugees)
UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (in the Middle East)
UPA United Press of America
HP! United Press International
UPU Universal Postal Union
URL Uniform/Universal Resource
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USIS United States Information Service
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (former)
UVAS University.of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
UYAS University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
VAT Value-added Tax
VC Victoria Cross, Vice Chancellor
VCD Video Compact Disc
VD Venereal Disease
VHF Very High Frequency
VS AT Vary small aperture terminal
WADA World Anti Doping Agency
WAN Wide Area Network (Computer)
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WAPDA Water and Power Development Authority
WASA Water and Sanitation Agency
WB World Bank
WEF World Economic Forum
WEU Western European Union
WFC World Food Council
'WFP 'World Food Programme
WHO 'World Health Organisation
WICCA 'World Islamic Council of Culture and Arts
WM Wafaqi Mohtasib
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction
WP Warsaw Pact
WTO World Tourism Organization
WTO World Trade Organization
WWF World Wild 1 ife Fund
WWW World Wide Web
YUCA Young Men’s Christian Association
YMMA Young Men's Muslims Association
YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association
ZANU Zimbabwe African National Union
ZAPU Zimbabwe African People’s Union
ZC Zakat Council, Zial Council
ZETA Zero Energy Thermo-Nuclear Assembly
ZIPA Zimbabwe People’s Army
ZPG Zero Population Growth