WHAT STANDS FOR INSTITUTIONS /AGENCIES/CORPORATIONS/ AUTHORITIES/TRUSTS / ATONOMUS BOADIES Agency of Barani Areas Development ABAD Association of Certified

Accountants ACCA Azad Jammu Kashmir AJK All Pakistan Clerks Association APCA Army Welfare Trust AWT Board of International and Secondary Education BISE Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education BISE Balochistan Public Service Commission BPSC Crimes Investigation Department CID Central Board of Revenue CBR Central Bureau of Statistics CBS Capital Development Authority CDA CHAS NU P.P Chasma Nuclear Power Plant Chief Election Commissioner CEC Controller of Military accounts CMA Export Promotion Bureau EPB Faisalabad Development Authority FDA Federal Public Service Commission FPSC Frontier Works Organization FWO Ghee Corporation of Pakistan GCP General Post Office GPO Human Rights Commission of Pakistan HRCP Integrated Rural Development Program IRDP International Crimes police INTERPOL Jammu and Kashmir Council for |Human Rights J & KCHR Karachi Development Authority KDA Karachi Stock Exchange KSE Lahore City Cricket association LCCA Lahore Development Authority LDA Lahore Electricity Supply Corporation LESCO Lahore Stock Exchange LSE Multan Development Authority MDA National Database Registration Authority NADRA National Vocational & Technical Education Commission NAVTEC National Electricity Power regulatory Authority NEPRA National Highway Authority NHA National University of Sciences and Technology NUST National Fertilizer Corporation NFC Non-Governmental Organization NGO National Highway Authority NHA National Investment Trust NIT National Logistic Cell NLC Oil and Gas Development Corporation OGDC Overseas Pakistanis Foundation OPF Overseas Workers Foundation OWF Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation PMDC Print & Electronic Media Regulatory Authority PEMRA Pakistan Real estate investment and Management PRIMCO
Company (Ptv.) Limited

PICIC PMA PMRC PCSIR PEC PHA PPSC PTBB PTCL PTDC PWG QDA SLIC SMEDA SNGPL SUPARCO TCP TDCP TEPA TIP UGC

Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation Pakistan Medical Association, Pakistan Military Academy. Pakistan Medical Research Council Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Pakistan Election Commission Parks and Horticulture Authority Punjab Public Service Commission Pakistan Text Book Board Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation Pakistan Writers Guild Quetta Development Authority State Life Insurance Corporation Small and Medium size Enterprises Development Authority Sui Northern Gas Pipelines limited Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Committee Trade Corporation of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation of Pakistan Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency Telephone Industries of Pakistan University Grants Commission

PRESS ORGANIZATIONS/ NEWS AGENCIES All Pakistan News Agency APNS Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists PFUJ All Pakistan News Employees Confederation APNEC Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors CPNE Newspaper Editors Council of Pakistan NECP Pakistan Newspaper and Periodical Organization PNPO Associated Press of Pakistan APP Independent News of Pakistan INP Islamabad Press Service IPS Pakistan Press International PPI National News International NNI BANKS ABL ADBP BOC BOE BOP FWB HBL HCEBL IDB IDBP IBRD MCB NBP SBP UBL DIBPL
Allied Bank Limited Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan Bank of China Bank of England Bank of Punjab First Women Bank Habib Bank Limited Habib Credit and Exchange Bank Limited Islamic Development Bank Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Muslim Commercial Bank National Bank of Pakistan State Bank Of Pakistan United Bank Limited Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Iimited

AM ACR BTU CCTV CNG CNN E & OE ECL EQ F C Ds FEBC G8 G -7 GMT GST HH HIM HM HP IBM IOU IQ I.P.Ps KG LCD DVD NOC NEC

GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS Ante Meriden Light Emitting Diode LED

( Before Noon ) Annual Confidential Report British Thermal Unit Close Circuit Television Compressed Natural Gas Cable News Network Error and Omissions Excepted Exit Control List Emotional Quotient Foreign Currency Deposits Foreign Exchange Bearer Certificates Group of Eight Group of Seven Greenwich Mean Time General Sales Tax His Highness His/Her Imperial Majesty His/Her Majesty Horse Power International Business Machines I Owe You Intelligence Quotient Independent Power Producers Kindergarten, Kilogram Liquid Crystal Display Digital Versatile Disk No Objection Certificate Non Encumbrance Certificate

LPG MOU MPH NOC NTN NWD OK OSD PCO PM PST PTO PLS PSV RSVP R.P.Ps STD TOR UPS VAT VPP VIP VVIP WWW LASER LED

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Memorandum of Understanding Mile Per Hour No Objection Certificate National Tax Number Nation-Wide Dialing All Correct Officer on Special Duty Public Call Office Post Meriden (Afternoon ) Pakistan Standard Time Please Turn Over Profit and Loss Sharing Public Service Vehicle Repodez SiI Vous Plait ( Reply If You Need ) Rental Power Producers Subscribers Trunk Dialing Term Of References Un-interrupted Power Supply Value Added Tax Value Payable Post Very Important Person Very, Very Important Person World Wide Web Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Light Emitting Diode

GENERAL MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS/TERMINOLOGY Coronary Care Unit Deoxyribo Nucleic CCU DNA
Acid

ENT CT. Scan. AIDS HIV ECG EGG HP MRI TB XLR

Ear Nose and Throat Computerized Axial Tomography Scanning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Human Immunodeficiency Virus Electro Cardiography Electro-Encephalogram Harmonic Progression Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tuberculosis X-Ray Laser

MEDICALCOLLEGES / HOSPITALS / INSTITUTIONS / UNIVERSITIES / ACADEMIES AIOU FJFC GCU IBA ICAP ICMAP JPMC KEMC LCG NICH NUST NUMAL NCA PIIF PIM P I NSTECH PMA PIMS PU SKMCH UET
Allama Iqbal Open University Fatima Jinnah Medical College Government College University Institute of Business Administration Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan Jinnah Post Graduate Medical College King Edward Medical College Lahore College University National Institute For Child Health National University of Science and Technology National University of Modern Languages National College of Arts Pakistan Institute of International Affairs Pakistan Institute of Management Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology Pakistan Military Academy Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Punjab University Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital University of Engineering and Technology

TERMINOLOGY OF ARMY/AIR FORCE/NAVY AA AAA AAF AAI ABM AC Adjt: Adm: ADW ADX ADZ AFB AFI AFV AGM AO C2 C3 CAS CD Cdr:
Anti Air Craft Anti Air Craft Artillery Army Air Field Air to Air Intercept Anti Ballistic Missile Air Crew, Area Commander, Armoured Crops Adjutant Admiral Air Defense Warning Air Defense Exercise Air Defense Zone Air Force Base Air Force Instruction Armoured Fighting Vehicle Air to Ground Missile Army Order Command and Control Command Control and Communications Chief of Air Staff Civil Defense Commander

DZ Fl. Sgt. FM FO GHQ GOC HJ ICBM IRBM ISPR ISSB JCC JCO JCSC JP Lt. Col. MC MTB OC OP PMA

Drop Zone Flight Sergeant Field Marshal Flying Officer General Headquarters General Officer Commanding Hilal-i-Jurat Inter-continental Ballistic Missile Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Inter Services Public Relations Inter Services Selection Board Junior Cadet Crops Junior Commissioned Officer Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Jet Petroleum Lieutenant Colonel Military Cross Motor Torpedo Boat Officer Commanding Observation Post Pakistan Military Academy

Cdre: CEE CG C-IN-C CMA CMH CNS CO COAS CP DMI DSP

Commodore Captured Enemy Equipment Coast Guard Commander in Chief Controller of Military Accounts Combined Military Hospital Chief of Navel Staff Commanding Officer Chief of Army Staff Command Post Director of Military intelligence Defense Support Program

PN POF POW QMG RA Rear.Adm. Regt: SJ T TB WO

Pakistan Navy Pakistan Ordinance Factory Prisoner of War Quarter Master General Rear Admiral, Restricted Area Rear Admiral Regiment Sitara-i-Jurat Tank, Transmitter Tank Battalion Warrant Officer , War Officer

DIFFERENT RANKS/DESIGNATIONS AEO AFC ASI ASJ ASP CEO CJ CJ CMO DCO DDS DE DFC DGPR DIG
Assistant Education Officer Assistant Food Controller Assistant Sub inspector Additional session Judge Assistant Superintendent Police Chief Executive Officer Chief Justice Civil Judge Chief Medical Officer District Coordination Officer Doctor of Dental Surgery Divisional Engineer District Food Controller Director General Public Relations Deputy Inspector General

DSJ DSO EDO ETO EVP EXN. GSO IG ITO LHV MO SDO SP VC VP

District and Session Judge District Sports Officer Executive District officer Excise and Taxation Officer Executive Vise President Executive Engineer General Staff Officer Inspector General Income Tax Officer Lady Health Visitor Medical Officer Sub Divisional Officer Superintendent of Police Vice Chancellor Vice President

DEGREES /COURSES/ DIPLOMAS BA B Acc. B Bus. BCL B Comm. BDS BE B Eco. B Ed. B FA BM BME BOL B Pharm. BS
Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Accountancy Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Civil law Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Dental Surgery Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Economics Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Mining Engineering Bachelor of Oriental Language Bachelor of pharmacy Bachelor of Surgery

LLB LLD MA MB MBA MBBS MBE MCS M Com. MD MDS M Ed. M Lit. MRCP MRCS

Legam Bacxalaures, Bachelor of Laws Legam Doctor, Doctor of law Master of Arts Bachelor of Medicine Master of Business Administration Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery Master of Business Education Master of Computer Science Master of Commerce Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine Master in Dental Surgery Master of Education Master of Literature Member Of Royal College Of Physician Member Of Royal College

Of Surgeons

B Sc. B Th. DTL DBA DIA DTh. FA HSC

Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Technology Diploma in Taxation Law Diploma in Business Administration Diploma in International Affairs Doctor of Technology Facility of Arts Higher Secondary certificate

M R C V S Member Of Royal College M Sc. M. Phil Mus B Mus D Mus M Ph. D

Of Veterinary Surgeons Master of Science Master of Philosophy Bachelor of Music Doctor of Music Master of Music Doctor of Philosophy

COMMONLY USED SYMBOLS

Ans. Approx. Aq. Arr. Asst. Av. B H us. Br. Cal. Capt. Cent. Cert. Cit. civ. Cont. Cr. PC Decca. Deci. Dist. Div. e.g. Engg. Etc. Exam. FOB Gen. Govt. Gym. Hecto. Hon. Hons. Inst. Jr. Kb ps. Kb. Km. Kv. Lat. Log. Ltd. Answer Approximate (l y) Aqua (Water) Arrival Assistant Average Basic Health units Branch Calories Captain Centum ( Hundred ) Certificate, Certified Citizen Civil, Civilian Contents, Continued Criminal Procedure Code Times One-Tenth District Division Exampli Gratia ( For Example ) Engineering Et Cetera ( And So on ) Examination Free On Board General Government Gymnasium One Hundred Times Honourable , Honorary Honours Instruction , Institute Junior Kilobytes per Second Kilobytes Kilometer Kilovolt Latitude Logrithm Limited Mb. Mem. Q/R Quot. Ob. Temp. Regt. Toto Rly. Oz. No. Tech. Sq. Sr. Mg. Mics. Ml. Mt. Net. Viz. Megabyte Memorandum Query/Response Quotation Obit ( Died ) Temperature Registered Total Railway Ounce (S) Number Technical Technology Square Senior Milligram Miscellaneous Millimeter Mountain Free from all Deductions ( Noto ) Videlicet ( Namely or More Specially )

Xmas.
No. Max.

Christmas
Number Maximum

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF UNO & OTHER ECOSOC ECWA UNCIP UNCTD UNDP UNDRO UNECAFE UNEF UNEP UNHCR UNIPOM UNICEF UNMOGIP UNESCO WFP WHO
Economic and Social Council (UN) Economic Commission For Western Asia (UN) United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Program United Nations Disaster Relief Organization United Nations Economic Council for Asia and Far East United Nations Emergency Force United Nations Environment Program United Nations Human Rights Commission United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission United Nations International Childrens emergency Fund United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Food Program World Health Organization

OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS C N. N CEN TO FBI FIFA GATT IATA ICJ INTERPOL NACC NASA PLO SAARC SEATO UPU W W F
Cable News Network Central Treaty Organization Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) Federation International de Football Association General Agreement on Tariff and Trade International Air Transport Association International Court of justice International Crimes police North Atlantic Cooperation Council National Aeronautical and Space Administration (USA) Palestine Liberation Organization South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation South-East Asia Treaty Organization Universal Postal Union World Wildlife Fund

COMPUTER ADP BBS BIOUS BOS BUG CAD CD CDR COBOL CORAL CORRUPT CPU
Automated Data Processing Bulletin board System Basic Input Output System Basic Operating System Error In Computer Program Computer Aided Design Compact Disk Compact Disk Recordable Common Ordinary Business oriented Language Common Real Time Applications Language Data Which Contains Error Central Processing Unit

DL DEBUG DOR ICON INPUT RAM X1-10 YBS YDKM ZZ

Dynamic Link Library Testing of a Program Digital Optical Reading Graphic Pictures Displayed on the Screen Transfer of Information From Outside to Memory of Computer Random Access Memory Exciting (Chatting Term) You Will Be Sorry (Chatting Term) You Dont Know Me (Chatting Term) Sleeping, Board (Chatting Term)

Sr. No.

Country Afghanistan Angola Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Bhutan Bosnia Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Central African Republic Chile Colombia Congo Cuba

Capital Kabul Luanda Bunus Arias Canberra Vienna Baku Manama Dhaka Brussels Thimphu Sarajevo Brazilia Bander Sri Begwan Sofia Pnom Penh Ottawa Bangui Santiago Bogota Brazzaville Havana

Currency Afghani

Religion

Language Pashto

Parliament Shura National Popular Assembly National Congress Federal Parliament Bundasversammlung Milli Majlis Jatiya Sangshad Parliament Tsongdu

News Agency

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

Argentina Peaso Australian Dollar Shilling Manat Dinar Takka Belgian Frank

Spanish English German Azerbaijani Bengali French-Dutch

Cruzeiro

Portuguese

Lev Canadian Dollar CFA Frank Peso Peso CFA Frank Peso

Bulgarian English

22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Cyprus Czech rep. Denmark East Timur Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Germany Haiti Hungry Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (N) Korea (S) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Libya

Havana Prague Copenhagen Dili Addis Ababa Suva Helsinki Paris Berlin Port-au-Prince Budapest Jakarta Tehran Baghdad Dublin Tel Aviv Rome Kingston Tokyo Amman Astana Nairobi Pyongyang Seoul Kuwait Bishkek Riga Beirut Tripoli

Pound Koruna Krone US Dollar Birr Dollar Euro Euro Euro Gourde Forint Rupiah Rial US Dollar Euro Shekel Euro Dollar Yen Dinar Tenge Shilling Won Won Dinar Som Lats Pound Dinar

51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

Luxembourg Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippians Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda Senegal Serbia

Luxembourg Kula Lumpur Male Bamako Valetta Nouakchott Port Louis Mexico city Ulaan Baatar Rabat Maputo Yangon Windhoek Katmandu Amsterdam Wellington Abuja Oslo Muscat Islamabad Panama City Lima Manila Warsaw Lisbon Doha Bucharest Kigali Dakar Belgrade

Euro Ringgit Rufiya CFA Franc Lira Ouguiya Rupee Peso Tugrik Dirham Metical Kyat Dollar Rupee Euro Dollar Naira Krone Rial Rupee Balboa Nuevo Sol Peso Zloty Euro Riyal Leu Franc CFA Franc New Dinar

81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107.

Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan UK USA UAE Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Freetown Singapore Mogadishu Cape Town Madrid Colombo Khartoum Stockholm Bern Damascus Dushanbe Dar-us-Salam Bangkok Tunis Ankara Ashgabad London Washington Abu Dubai Kampala Kiev Tashkent Caracas Hanoi Sanaa Lusaka Harare

Leone Dollar Shilling Rand Euro Rupee Dinar Krona Franc Pound Somoni Shilling Baht Dinar Lira Manat Pound Dollar Dirham New Shilling Hryvna Sum Bolivar Dong Rial Kwacha Dollar

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Sr. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. Country
RUSSIA CANADA FRANCE INDIA SRI LANKA JORDAN AFGHANISTAN BANGLADESH U. K. U. K. HONG KONG CHINA EAST AFRICA UAE INDONESIA GULF COUNTRIES HUNGRY IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ITALY JAPAN KUWAIT GERMANY LEBANON BELGIUM GREECE OMAN PAKISTAN PHILIPPIANS POLAND AUSTRALIA NETHERLANDS NEPAL SCANDINAVIA SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SWITZERLAND THAILAND USA ROMANIA

Name of Airline
Aeroflot Air Canada Air France Air India Air Lanka Alia Royal Joardian Airlines Ariana Afghan Airline Biman British Airways British Overseas Airways Corporation Cathay Pacific Airways China Air East African Airways Emirates Airlines Garuda Indonesian Airways Gulf Air Hungarian Airlines Iran Airlines Iraq Airways Irish International Airlines Italian Airlines Japan Airlines Kuwait Airlines Lufthansa Middle East Airlines National Belgium Airlines Olympic Airways Oman Air Pakistan International Airlines Philippines Airlines Polish State Air Service Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service Royal Dutch Airlines Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation Scandinavian Air System Singapore International Airlines South African Airways Swiss Air Thai International Airlines Trans World Airlines Tranporturi Aerine Romane

Abbreviation
Aeroflot AC AF AI AL ---AAA --BA BOAC CPA CA EAA EA GIA GA Malev IA IA Aer Lignus Alitalia JAL KA Lufthansa MEA SABENA OA OA PIA PAL --QANTAS KLM RNAC SAS SIA SAA Swiss Air TIA TWA TAROM

INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES Sr. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. Country FRANCE ROMANIA ITALY ARGENTINA TURKEY ANGOLA PORTUGAL NETHERLANDS Name of Agency Abbreviation of News Agency
AFP

MEASURES AND RELATION Sr. No, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Deca (da) Hecto (h) Kilo (k) Mega (M) Giga (G)

Name of Measure
Meter kilogram Second Ampere Kelvin Mole Candela

Related to
Length Mass Time Electric Current Temperature Substance Light

Symbol
m Kg S A K mol Cd

10 100 1000 b1000000 Ten Lac 1,00,00,00,000 100 Crore

Deci (d) Centi (c) Milli (m) Micro (u)

0.1 (10th) 0.01 (100th) 0.001 (1000th) 0.0000000000 (10lac th)

ABBREVIATIONS FROM NEWSPAPERS PRIMCO APTMA APFTU SECP BISP APMC

Pakistan Real Estate Investment and Management Company (Ptv.) Limited All Pakistan Textile Mills Association All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Benazir Income Support Program All Pakistan Music Conference

BSF ANN APN AL APHS APC JSM BJP

Boarder Security Force Asian News Network Awami National Party Arab League All Parties Hurriat Conference All Parties Conference Jea Sindh Mahaz Bhartiya Janta Party

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ON 07-12-2009 Its a Virus H1 N1 (Type A) Salman Bashir

Nirupama Rao
On 25-01-2010 In Delhi to resolve bilateral issues Especially water issues Anders Fodh Rasmussen Held on 19, February to 24, February

Naseem Hameed, 22 Years old from Korangi, Karachi. Completed her 100 Meter in 11-81 Second in South Asian Games Dhaka 7605 Million on 30-06-2009

Pakistan Public Debt

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