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A.A.C Anno Ante Christum: In the year before Christ A.O.D Army Ordnance Depot. A.P Associated Press A.P.A. Associated Press of America A.P.C. All Parties Conference A.B.L Allied Bank Limited A.P.E.C. Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation A.C. Ante Christum: Before Christ A.P.I. Associated Press of India A.C.A Association of the Charted Accountants A.P.N.S All Pakistan Newspapers Society ACR Annual Confidential Report A.D.A Airport Development Authority A.P.W.A All Pakistan Women s Association A.D.B Asian Development Bank A.R.D Alliance for the restoration of Democracy A.D.B.P Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan A.D.P Annual Development Program A.S.E.A.N Association of South East Asian Nations A.E Assistant Engineer A.S.F Airport Security Force A.E.A Atomic Energy Authority ATM Automatic Teller Machine A/C. Account, Account Current AGM Annual General Meeting Ad. Advertisement A.H.Q Army Headquarters A.I.D.S Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIOU Allama Iqbal Open University A.J.K Azad Jammu Kashmir A.K Azad Jammu Kashmir A.L. Arab League a.m. Ante maridiem: Before noon A.M. Atrium Magister: In the Year of the World A.M.F Arab Monetary Fund A.N.P Awami National Party A.N.T.F Anti Narcotic Task Force B.Ed. Bachelor of Education B.A.S.I.C. Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code B.B.C British Broad Casting Company B.C. Before Christ B.H.C. Balochistan High Court B.P.S. Basic Pay Scale B.T.U British Thermal Unit b/o. Brought Over C.A.A Civil Aviation Authority C.A.D Computer Aided Design C.A.L. China Air Line C.A.S. Chief of Air Staff C.B.I. Central Bureau of Investigation C.B.R. Central Board of Revenue C.C. Chamber of Commerce / Carbon Copy C.D.A Capital Development Authority C.E.O Chief Executive Officer C.G.S Chief of General Staff C.I.A. Crimes Investigation Agency C.I.D. Crimes Investigation Department C.J. Chief Justice

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C.J.P Chief Justice of Pakistan C.M. Chief Ministerial D.G. Director General D.H.A. Defense Housing Scheme D.I.G. Deputy Inspector General D.D.T Dichloro-Diphenyl-richloreoethane CCPO Capital City Police Officer C.C.T.V. Close Circuit Television C.N.S. Central Nervous System C.N.G Compressed Natural Gas C.O.A.S Chief of Army Staff C.N.N Cable News Network C.S.P. Civil Service of Pakistan C.S.S Central Superior Services C.T.B.T. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty C/O Care of , Carry Over Cantt. Cantonment D.A. Developing Authority D.N.A. Dioxiribo Nucleic Acid D.O.S Disk Operating System D.S.P Deputy Superintendent of Police D.V.D Dynamic Versatile Disk D8 Organization of 8 Developing Countries do Ditto (The Same) E.C. Election Commission E.C.G. Electro- Cardiograph E.C.O. Economic Cooperation Organization E.N.T. Ear Nose and Throat E.P.I. Extended Program of Immunization ERRA Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority F.A.N.A Federally Administrated Northern Areas F.A.T.A Federally Administrated Tribal Areas FBR Federal Board of Revenue F.C Frontier Corps F.E.P.B Federal Export Promotion Board FESCO Faislabad Electric Supply Company FFC Federal Food Committee F.I.F.A Federation International de Football Association F.I.R. First Information Report F.M. Field Marshall F.R.C.P.S Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons F.T.A Free Trade Agreement F.W.B. First Women Bank G.A. General Assembly (UN) GAT Graduate Assessment Test D.B.M.S Data Base Management System G.D.I. Gross Domestic Income G.D.P. Gross Domestic Product G.H.Q General Headquarters GPA Grade Point Average G.P.O. General Post Office G.R.E. Graduate Record Examination G.S.T. General Sales Tax I.G. Inspector General I.M.F International Monetary Fund I.O.U I Owe You I.Q Intelligence Quotient I.R.C International Red Cross I.S.O International Standardization Organization I.S.P.R Inter Services Public Relations

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I.S.Ps Internet Service Providers I.S.S.B Inter Services Selection Board H.A.M.A.S Harkat-al-Maqawana al-Islamiyya H.B.F.C House Building Finance Corporation H.B.L Habib Bank Limited H.C.F. Highest Common Factor HEC Higher Education Commission H.I.V Human Immunodeficiency Virus HOBC High Octane Blending Component HESCO Hyderabad Electric Supply Company H.F. High Frequency H.R.C.P Human Rights Commission of Pakistan I.B. Intelligence Bureau I.B.M International Business Machine I.A.E.A International Atomic Energy Agency I.B.P Institute of Bankers in Pakistan I.C.C International Chamber of Commerce I.C.R.C International Committee of the Red Crescent I.D.B. Islamic Development Bank IDPs Internally Displaced Persons I.E.A International Energy Agency IELTS International English Language Testing System J.U.P Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Pakistan K.D.A Karachi Development Authority K.E.S.C Karachi Electricity Supply Company K.S.E Karachi Stock Exchange M.B.B.S Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery M.C.A.T Medical College Admission Test M.C.B Muslim Commercial Bank M.C.Q Multiple Choice Questions M.E.S Military Engineering Service M.K.S Meter, Kilogram, Second M.N.A Member of National Assembly M.P Military Police M.Q.M Mutahida Qaumi Movement MSN Microsoft Network M.T.V Music Television M.V.R Motor Vehicle Registration N.I.P.A National Institute of Public Administration N.P.S National Pay Scales N.T.S National Testing Service N.A.D.R.A National Database Registration Authority N.T.N National Tax Number N.A.F.T.A North American Free Trade Agreement N.A.S.A National Aeronautics and Space Administration N.W.D Nationwide Direct Dialing System NAT National Aptitude Test N.A.T.O North Atlantic Treaty Organization O.A.P.E.C Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agency OEMs Original Equipment Manufacturers OGRA Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority O.P.E.C Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. N.D.F.C National Development Finance Corporation P.A.C Public Accounts Committee N.E.S.P.A.K National Engineering Services of Pakistan N.E.W.S North East West South P.A.R.C.O Pak-Arab Refinery Company N.F.C National Finance Commission N.G.O Non Governmental Organization N.G.R.A National Gas Regulatory Authority

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P.B.C Pakistan Broadcasting Company P.B.U.H Peace Be Upon Him N.I.C National Insurance Corporation P.C.S Provincial Civil Service P.C.S.I.R Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research P.E.C Pakistan Engineering Council/Pakistan Election Commission R.A.W Research and Analysis Wing (India) PEMRA Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority R.C Red Cross PEPCO Pakistan Electric Power Company R.C.D Regional Co-Operation for Development P.I.A Pakistan Air Force P.I.C.I.C Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Company R.N.A Ribonucleic Acid R.T.O Railway Transport Officer ROM Read Only Memory p.m Post Meridiem S.A.A.R.C South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation P.M.A Pakistan Military Academy SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Agreement P.N.S Pakistan National Saving P.o.W Prisoner of War S.B.P State Bank of Pakistan P.P.L Pakistan Petroleum Limited S.D.P Skill Development Programme P.Q.A Port Qasim Authority S.I.T.E Sindh Industrial Trading Estate S.J Sitara-i-Jurat S.O.S Save Our Souls S.P Superintendent of Police P.S.T Pakistan Standard Time P.T.A Pakistan Telecommunication Authority S.S.G.C Sui Southern Gas Company P.T.C.L Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited S.T.A.R Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research S.T.N Shalimar Television Network S.U.P.A.R.C.O Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Committe U.N.D.P United Nations Development Programme T.A Travelling Allowance T.A.D.A Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act T.B Tuberculosis T.D Tamgha-i-Difah U.N.E.S.C.O United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiz TDAP Trade Development Authority of Pakistan U.N.F.A.D United Nations Fund for Agricultural Development T.J Tamgha-i-Jurat U.N.H.C.R United Nations Human Rights Commission T.K Tamgha-i-Khidmat U.N.I.C.E.F United Nations International Children s Emergency Fund T.N.T Trinitrotoluene T.O.E.F.L Test of English and French Language U.N.O United Nations Organization T.Q.A Tamgha-i-Quad-e-Azam UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply T.T.C Travelling Ticket Checker U.S.A.I.D United States Agency for International Development U.A.E United Arab Emirates U.S.S.R United Soviet Socialist Republics U.A.R United Arab Republic

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U.B.L United Bank Limited V.C.D Video Cassette Player V.H.F Very High Frequency U.F.O Unidentified Flying Object V.P Vice President V.S.S Voluntary separation Scheme U.H.F Ultra-high-frequency W.A.N Wide Area Network W.A.P Wireless Access Point U.N.D.C.P United Nations Drug Control Programme W.A.P.D.A Water and Power Development Authority W.F.P World Food Programme W.H.O World Health Organization W.I.M World Islamic Mission W.M Wafaqi Mohtasib W.M.D Weapons of Mass Destruction W.T.O World Trade Organization W.W.F World Wildlife Fund W.Z.O World Zionist Organization X.H.T.M.L Extensible Hypertext Markup Language W.W.W World Wide Web X mas Christmas Z.C Zakat Council ZTBL Zaraee Tarraqiati Bank