IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS

1. ADP             Annual Development Program
2. AEDB          Alternative Energy Development Board
3. AMCs           Asset Management Companies
4. APCC           Annual Plan Coordination Committee
5. BISP            Benazir Income Support Program
6. BPD             Barrels Per Day
7. CAMB         Centre for Applied Molecular Biology
8. CCI              Council of Common Interests
9. CDWP        Central Development Working Party
10. CCP             Competition Commission of Pakistan
11. CGT             Capital Gains Tax
12. CSF              Coalition Support Fund
13. CWHR        Council for Works and Housing Research
14. DEMP         Directorate of Electronic Media and Publications
15. ECO             Economic Cooperation Organization
16. ELTR           English Language Teaching Reforms
17. ERRA          Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority
18. FDI               Foreign Direct Investment
19. FEG              Framework for Economic Growth
20. FRDL           Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation
21. FP&RH       Family Planning and Reproductive Health
22. GAIN           Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
23. GCI              General Cognitive Index
24. GDP             Gross Domestic Product
25. GNP             Gross National Product
26. GPI              Gender Parity Index
27. GSP             Geological Survey of Pakistan
28. ICT               Islamabad Capital Territory
29. HEC            Higher Education Commission
30. HIES           Household Intergraded Household Survey
31. ICT               Information and Communication Technology
32. IMF              International Monetary Fund
33. MoPD&R   Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform
34. MoIPC        Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination
35. MDGs         Millennium Development Goals
36. NAVTTC    National Vocational and Technical Training Commission
37. NAG            National Art Gallery
38. NDA            Net Domestic Assets
39. NEC            National Economic Council
40. NIE              National Institute of Electronics
41. NHSR&C   Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination
42. NEPRA      National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
43. PAEC         Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
44. PARC        Pakistan Agriculture Research Council
45. PBC            Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
46. PBC           Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
47. PEMRA    Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
48. PCRET     Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies
49. PCRWR   Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources
50. PCSIR      Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
51. PDHS       Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey
52. PDL          Petroleum Development Levy
53. PMD         Pakistan Meteorological Department
54. PNAC       Pakistan National Accreditation Council
55. PNCA       Pakistan National Council of Arts
56. PNRA      Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority
57. PRI           Pakistan Remittance Initiative
58. PSDP       Public Sector Development Program
59. PSEs        Public Sector Enterprises
60. PSF          Pakistan Science Foundation
61. PSLM       Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey
62. PSQCA    Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority
63. PTVC       Pakistan Television Corporation PTA Pakistan Telecom       Authority
64. OGRA     Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
65. SAFTA   South Asian Free Trade Agreement
66. SDGs      Sustainable Development Goals
67. SROs      Statutory Regulatory Orders
68. SSGCL    Sui Southern Gas Company Limited
69. SNGPL   Sui Northern Gas Company Limited
70. SECP       Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
71. SMEs      Small and Medium Enterprises
72. STFP       Strategic Trade Policy Framework
73. SECMC  Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company
74. TDS         Tariff Differential Subsidy
75. TDPs       Temporarily Dislocated Persons
76. WTO        World Trade Organization