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English abbreviations used in Pakistan

Learn important common English abbreviations used in Pakistan. Important abbreviations in English for students. We hope this will help you to learn English from Urdu.

اس سے پچھلے مضمون میں abbreviations پر تفصیلی روشنی ڈالی جا چکی ہے کہ abbreviation کسے کہتے ہیں، ان کا کیا استعمال ہے، اور انہیں کہاں استعمال کیا جاتا ہے۔ اس کے ساتھ ہی 90 سے زیادہ ایسی abbreviations جن کا دنیا بھر میں عام استعمال ہے، اس مضمون میں بیان کی گئی ہیں۔ abbreviation کا اتنا استعمال ہے کہ تمام abbreviations کا احاطہ کرنا نہ صرف نا ممکن ہے بلکہ اس کی ضرورت بھی نہیں ہے۔ کچھ abbreviations ایسی ہوتی ہیں جن کا استعمال صرف متعلقہ ممالک میں ہوتا ہے۔ اس مضمون میں ان abbreviations پر روشنی ڈالی گئی ہے جو پاکستان سے متعلق ہیں جن کے جاننے سے نہ صرف آپ کی معلومات میں اضافہ ہوگا بلکہ ان طالب علموں کو جنہیں امتحان میں abbreviation سے متعلق سوالات حل کرنے ہوتے ہیں ، مدد ملے گی۔ اس مضمون میں کچھ ایسی بین الاقوامی abbreviations کو بھی شامل کیا گیا ہے جو پچھلے مضمون میں شامل ہونے سے رہ گئی تھیں۔

قومی اہمیت کی حامل abbreviations

Complete Words	Abbreviation
Federal Board of Revenue	FBR
General Sales Tax	GST
Capital Value Tax	CVT
Income Tax Officer	ITO
National Tax Number	NTN
Financial Year	FY
Year on year	YoY
Income Tax Return	ITR
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry	FPCCI
Pakistan Bar Council	PBC
Pakistan Law Commission	PLC
Pakistan Penal Code	PPC
Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation	PBC
Pakistan Coast Guards	PCG
Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research	PCSIR
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority	PTA

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority	PEMRA
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency	PILDAT
Pakistan Standards Institute	PSI
Pakistan Sports Board	PSB
Pakistan Rural Support Program	PRSP
Attorney General	AG
Accountant General	AG
Chief Minister	CM
Inspector General	IG
National Identity Card	NIC
Computerized National Identity Card	CNIC
Pak Rupee	PKR
Karachi Inter-Bank Offered Rate	KIBOR
Pakistan Stock Exchange	PSX
Initial Public Offer	IPO

English abbreviations used in Pakistan

Abbreviations relating to electricity, water and gas organizations

Complete Words	Abbreviation
Water and Power Development Authority	WAPDA
Pakistan Electric Power Company	PEPCO
Karachi Electric	KE
Lahore Electric Supply Company	LESCO
Hyderabad Electric Supply Company	HESCO
Peshawar Electric Supply Company	PESCO
Sui Southern Gas Company	SSGC
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines	SNGP
Oil and Gas Development Company	OGDC
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority	OGRA
National Electric Power Regulatory Authority	NEPRA
Captive Power Plants	CPP
Independent Power Producer	IPP
Pakistan State Oil	PSO

Abbreviations relating to renowned banks and financial institutions

Complete Words	Abbreviation
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan	SECP
National Bank of Pakistan	NBP
Habib Bank Ltd	HBL
MCB Bank (former Muslim Commercial Bank)	MCB
Allied Bank Ltd	ABL
United Bank Ltd	UBL
Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan	IDBP
Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan	ADBP
House Building Finance Corporation	HBFC
Institute of Bankers of Pakistan	IBP
Insurance Association of Pakistan	IAP
Pakistan Banking Council	PBC
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	IBRD
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency	PACRA
Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation Limited	PICIC
Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation	PIDC
Non-Banking Financial Corporation	NBFC
Cash Reserve Ratio	CRR
Open Market Operation	OMO

English abbreviations used in Pakistan

Abbreviations relating to renowned industries and companies

Complete Words	Abbreviation
Heavy Mechanical Complex	HMC
National Engineering Services Pakistan	NESPAK
Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Supplies Corporation	PASSCO
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission	PAEC
Pakistan Automobile Corporation	PACO
Pakistan Engineering Company	PECO
Pakistan International Airlines	PIA
Civil Aviation Authority	CAA
National Highway Authority	NHA
Pakistan Ordnance Factory	POF
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission	SUPARCO
Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation	PMDC
Karachi Port Trust	KPT
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation	PNSC
Pakistan Railways	PR

Pakistan Steel	PS
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd	PTCL
Pakistan Television	PTV
Pakistan Broadcasters Association	PBA
Rice Export Corporation of Pakistan	RECP
Sindh Industrial Trading Estate	SITE
Pakistan Workers Federation	PWF
Telephone Industries of Pakistan	TIP
Trading Corporation of Pakistan	TCP
Indus River System Authority	IRSA
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant	KANUPP
National Economic Council	NEC

English abbreviations used in Pakistan

Abbreviations relating to Educational Institutions

Complete Words	Abbreviation
Karachi University	KU
Lahore University of Management Sciences	LUMS
Institute of Business Administration	IBA
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan	ICAP
Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan	ICMAP
Institute of Engineers Pakistan	IEP
Institute of Architects Pakistan	IAP
Pakistan American Cultural Center	PACC
Pakistan Institute of Management	PIM
Higher Education Commission Pakistan	HECP
National University of Science and Technology	NUST
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology	CZABIST
College of Business Management (also known as Institute of Business Management)	CBM

English abbreviations used in Pakistan

Some general abbreviations used in Pakistan

Complete Words	Abbreviation
Compressed Natural Gas	CNG
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	LPG
Pakistan Standard Time	PST
Export Processing Zone	EPZ
Industrial Relations	IR
International Relations	IR
Large Scale Manufacturing	LSM
Small Scale Manufacturing	SSM
Air conditioner	AC
Annual Development Plan	ADP
Light Commercial Vehicles	LCVs
Heavy Commercial Vehicles	HCVs
Wide Area Network	WAN
Superintendent of Police	SP
Station House Officer	SHO
Sub Inspector	SI
Enquiry Officer	EO
Pakistan Medical Association	PMA
Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center	JPMC
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council	PMDC

Some common abbreviations used internationally

Complete Words	Abbreviation
Cost Insurance Freight	CIF
Cost and freight	C&F
Free on Board	FOB
Consumer Price Index	CPI
Foreign Direct Investment	FDI
World Bank	WB
Asian Development Bank	ADB
Expression of Interest	EOI
Foreign Currency Account	FCA
Gross Domestic Product	GDP
Gross National Product	GNP
International Financial Institutions	IFIs
Pay as you earn	PAYE
Research and Development	R&D
Return on Asset	ROA
Special Drawing Rights	SDR
Traveler Cheques	TCs
Telegraphic Transfer	TT

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