List of Acronyms
ABL
A
AC
ACP
ACAC
ACD
ADs
ADB
ADF
ADP
AFS
AIDS
APCMA
APL
ARPU
ASEAN
Allied Bank Limited
Air Conditioner
Annual Credit Plan
Agriculture Credit Advisory Committee
Agriculture Credit Department
Authorized Dealers
Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Fund
Annual Development Plan
Available For Sale
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association
Attock Petroleum Limited
Average Revenue per User
Association of South East Asian Nations
B
BAFL
BHU
BISP
BMR
BOC
BOP
BP
BPO
BPRD
BPS
BSC
BSD
BSE
Bt
Bank AlFalah Limited
Basic Health Unit
Benazir Income Support Programme
Balancing Modernization and Replacing
Bank of China
Balance of Payment
British Petroleum
Business Process Outsourcing
Banking Policy Regulation Department
Basis Points
Bahbood Saving certificates, Benazir Smart Cards
Banking Surveillance Department
Bombay Stock Exchange
Bacillus thuringiensis
C
CAD
CAB
CAGR
CAR
CBR
CBD
CBU
CCC
CDA
CDR
CDC
CDNS
CDs
CDS
CDWA
CDWI
CFC
Current Account Deficit
Current Account Balance
Compound Annual Growth Rate
Capital Adequacy Ratio
Central Board of Revenue, Crude Birth Rate
Conventions on Biodiversity
Completely Built Unit
Climate Change Convention
Capital Development Authority
Crude Death Rate
Central Depository Company
Central Directorate of National Saving
Certificate of Deposits
Credit Default Swap
Clean drinking Water for All
Clean Drinking Water Initiative
Common Facilities Centers
CFS
CFSMK-II
CIS
CITES
CKD
CNG
CNIC
CO2
COD
CPS
CPI
CRR
CRPID
CPRSPD
CSF
CVT
CY
Continuous Funding System
Continuous Funding System Mark II
Central intelligence Agency
Credit Information Bureau
Currency in Circulation
Common Wealth of Independent States
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna
and Flora
Completely
Knocked Down
Compressed Natural Gas
Computerized National Identity Card
Carbon Dioxide
Collection on Demand
Country Partnership Strategy
Consumer Price Index
Cash Reserve Ratio
Centre For Research on Poverty Reduction & Income Distribution
Centre for Poverty Reduction and Social Policy Development
Competitiveness Support Fund, Cash Settled Futures
Capital Value Tax
Calendar Year
D
DAP
DBC
DD
DFIs
DFCM
DFCs
DFIs
DMB
DOTS
DPBs
DRs
DS
DSCs
Di-Ammonium Phosphate
Dollar Bearer Certificate
Demographic Dividend, Domestic Debt
Development Finance Institution
Deliverable Future Contract Market
Deliverable Future Contracts
Development Finance Institutions
Deposit Money Banks
Direct Observed Treatment Short Course
Domestic Private Banks
Depository Receipts
Debt Servicing
Defense Saving Certificates
E
EAD
ECs
EDL
EFF
EFS
EE
EMPI
ENDA
EPCG
EPI
EPS
ER
ERRA
EU
Economic Affairs Division
Exchange Companies
External Debt and Liability
Extended Funding Facility
Export Finance Scheme
Export Earnings
Exchange Market Pressure Index
Emergency Natural Disaster Assistance
Export Promotion Capital Goods
Expanded Program on Immunization
Earnings Per Share
Exchange Rate
Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority
European Union
CIA
CIB
CiC
F
FAO
FATA
FB
FBR
FBS
FC
FCAs
FCBCs
FCL
FDI
FE/FX
FED
FEMPI
FE-25
FE-31
FEBC
FEC
FED
FEE
FEEL
FFC
FGT
FIA
FIB
FIBR
FJFC
FMD
FO
FoDP
FRB
FRDL
FY
Food and Agriculture Organization
Federal Administered Tribal Areas
Fiscal Balance
Federal Bureau of Revenue
Federal Bureau of Statistics
Foreign currency
Foreign Currency Accounts
Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates
Flexible Credit Line
Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign Exchange
Federal Excise Duty
Foreign Exchange Market Presume Index
Foreign Exchange Circular No. 25 dated 20th June 1998
Foreign Exchange Circular No. 31of 1998
Foreign Exchange Bearer Certificate
Foreign Exchange Companies
Federal Excise Duty
Foreign Exchange Earnings
Foreign Exchange Exposure limit
Fauji Fertilizer Company
Foster, Greer and Thorebecke
Federal Investigation Agency
Federal Investment Bond
Floating Interbank Rates
Fauji Jordan Fertilizer Company
Foot and Mouth Disease
Furnace Oil
Friends of Democratic Pakistan
Federal Reserve Board
Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act, 2005
Financial Soundness Indicators
Forced Sale value
Financial/Fiscal Year
G
GCI
GDP
GDR
GDS
GER
GFCF
GNP
GoP
GSP
GST
GVA
Global Competitiveness Index
Gross Domestic Product
Global Depository Receipts
Gas Development Surcharge
Gross Enrollment Rate
Gross Fixed Capital Formation
Gross National Product
Government of Pakistan
Generalized System of Preference
General Sales Tax
Gross Value Addition
H
H1
H2
First Half of the Fiscal Year
Second Half of the Fiscal Year
FSIs
FSV
HAPAs
HBL
HCR
HDI
HFBC
HH
HHI
H.I.
HIV
HOBC
HPI
HRI
HSD
HUBCO
High Access Precautionary SBAs
Habib Bank Limited
Head Count Ratio
Human Development Index
House Building Finance Corporation
Household
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
Herfindhal Index
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
High Octane Blending Component
Human Poverty Index
House Rent Index
High Speed Diesel
Hub Power Company Ltd.
I
IAS
IATA
IBD
IBRD
ICT
IDA
IDB
IDPs
IEO
IFIs
IFS
IHFD
IHI
IIASA
ILO
IMF
IMR
INSMED
IPM
IPOs
IPP
IRPs
IRRI
ISE
ISIC
IT
IVTS
International Accounting Standards
International Air Transport Association
Islamic Banking Department
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Information and Communication Technology
International Development Association
Islamic Development Bank
Internally Displaced Persons
Independent Evaluation Office
International Financial Institutions
International Financial Statistics
Infrastructure & Housing Finance Department
International Hilal Integraty
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
International Labor Organization
International Monetary Fund
Infant Mortality Rate
Institute of Small & Medium Enterprise and Entrepreneur
Development
Index Points Movement
Initial Public Offer
Independent Power Producers
International Reference Prices
International Rice Research Institute & a variety of rice
Islamabad Stock Exchange
International Standard Industrial Classification
Information Technology
Informal Value Transfer System
J
JCI
JS
Jakarta composite index
Jahangir Siddiqui
K
KAPCO
KESC
KIBOR
Kot Addu Power Company Limited
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Karachi Inter Bank Offer Rate
L
KLCI
KP
KPT
KSE
Kuala Lumpur Composite index
Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa
Karachi Port Trust
Karachi Stock Exchange
LC
LCVs
LDI
LF
LFS
LFPR
LHW
LIBOR
LNG
LPBs
LSE
LSM
LTFF
Letter of Credit
Light Commercial Vehicles
Long Distance and International
Labor Force
Labor Force Survey
Labor Force Participation Rate
Lady Health Worker
London Inter- bank Offer Rate
Liquefied Natural Gas
Large Privatized Banks
Lahore Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange
Large Scale Manufacturing
Long-Term Financing Facility
Long Term Finance- Export Oriented Project
Long Term Financing Facility
LTF-EOP
LTTF
M
M2
M&Q
MAA
MAF
MCB
MCR
MDGs
ME
MF
MFA
MFD
MLTD
MMBTU
MNCH
MOF
MOGAS
MoM
MPC
MRTB
MSCI-EMI
MSS
MTBs
MTBF
MTBR
MTDF
MT
MTO
MW
Money Supply
Mining and Quarrying
Mahana Aamdani Account
Million Acre Feet
Muslim Commercial Bank
Minimum Capital Requirement
Millennium Development Goals
Middle East
Marginal Financing
Multi Fiber Arrangement
Micro Finance Department
Medium & Long Term Debt
Million British Thermal Units (heat required to increase the
temperature
of a pintand
of Child
water Health
by 1 Fahrenheit
Maternal,
Neonatal
Ministry of Finance
Motor Gasoline
Month on Month
Monetary Policy Committee
Market Related Treasury Bills
Morgan Stanley Capital International-Emerging Market Index
Market Stabilization Scheme
Market Treasury Bills
Medium Term Budgetary Framework
Market Treasury Bills for Replenishment
Medium Term Development Framework
Metric Tonnes
Money Transfer Operations
Mega Watts
N
N
NAB
NADRA
NAV
NAVTEC
NBFIs
NBP
NCB
NCCC
NCCPL
NDA
NEC
NER
NEER
NFA
NFC
NFNE
NFI
NGO
NHA
NIEs
NII
NIM
NPLs
NPP
NSS
National Accountability Bureau
National Database and Registration Authority
Net Asset Value
National Vocational & Technical Education Commission
Non-Bank Financial Institutions
National Bank of Pakistan
Nationalized Commercial Bank, Non Competitive Bid
National Credit Consultative council
National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited
Net Domestic Asset
National Education Census
Net Enrollment Rate
Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
Net Foreign Asset
National Finance Commission
Non Food Non Energy
Net Foreign Investment
Non Governmental Organization
National Highway Authority
Newly Industrialized Asian Economies
Non Interest Income
Net Interest Margins
Non Performing Loans
National Population Policy
National Savings Scheme
O
OCAC
OCR
ODA
OEBs
OECD
OGDCL
OGRA
OIN
OMCs
OMOs
O/N
OPEC
Oil Companies Advisory Committee
Ordinary Capital Resources
Official Development Assistance
Outstanding Export Bills
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd
Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority
Other Items Net
Oil Marketing Companies
Open Market Operations
Overnight
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
P
PACRA
PAMA
PAT
PASSCO
PBA
PDL
PEMA
PEMRA
PEPCO
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited
Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association
Profit After Tax
Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supply Corporation
Pakistan Bankers Association, Pensioners Benefit Account
Petroleum Development Levy
Pakistan Electronics Manufacturers Association
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
Pakistan Electric Power Company
PET
PFMA
PG
PGR
PIA
PIB
PIGS
PIHS
PL
PLS
PMDC
PMDGR
PNSC
POL
POTS
PPAF
PPCBL
PPG
PQA
PR
PRB
PRI
PPPs
PPTFCs
PRGF
PRI
PRSP
PSDP
PSCAC
PSC
PSEs
PSF
PSLM
PSM
PSMA
PSO
PTA
PTCL
PVMA
Polyethylene Terephthalate
Pakistan Flour Mill Association
Poverty Gap
Population Growth Rate
Pakistan International Airline
Pakistan Investment Bond
Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain
Pakistan Integrated Household Survey
Poverty Line
Profit and Loss Sharing
Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation
Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation
Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants
Plain Old Telephone Service
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Pakistan Punjab Cooperative Bank Limited
Public and Publicly Guaranteed
Port Qasim Authority
Pakistan Railway
Population Reference Bureau
Pakistan Remittance Initiative
Public-private Partnerships
Privately Placed Term Finance Certificates
Poverty reduction Growth Facility
Pakistan Remittance Initiative
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Public Sector Development Program
Private Sector Credit Advisory Committee
Private Sector Credit
Public Sector Enterprises
Polyester Staple Fiber
Pakistan Living Standard Measurement Survey
Pakistan Steel Mills
Pakistan Sugar Mills Association
Pakistan State Oil
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited
Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association
Q
Q2
Q4
QIM
Second Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Quantum Index of Manufacturing
R
RBD
Res
REER
REPO
RFCA
Refined-bleached- and Deodorized
Reserves
Real Effective Exchange Rate
Sale & Repurchase Agreement
Resident Foreign Currency Account
RHC
RIC
RM
ROA
ROE
RNR
RWA
Rural Health Unit
Regular Income Certificate
Reserve Money
Return on Asset
Return on Equity
Renewable Natural Resources
Risk Weighted Assets
S
S&P
SA
SAFTA
SBA
SBP
SCBPL
SCRA
SDRs
SECP
SENSEX
SKD
SLR
SMEs
SMED
SMEFD
SNGPL
SOP
SPI
SPS
SSA
SSC
SSM
SSGC
STD
STDL
Standard & Poor's
South Asia, Saving Accounts
South Asian Free Trade Agreement
Stand-By Arrangement
State Bank of Pakistan
Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan limited
Special Convertible Rupee Account
Special Drawing Rights
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
Sensitive Index (Bombay Stock Exchange)
Semi Knocked Down
Statutory Liquidity Requirement
Small and Medium Enterprises
Small & Medium Enterprises Department
Small and Medium Enterprises Finance Department
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Severity of Poverty
Sensitive Price Indicator
Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Special Saving Account
Special Saving Certificate
Small Scale Manufacturing
Sui Southern Gas Company
Short Term Debt
Short Term Debt and Liabilities
T
TARCH
TB
T-Bill
TBS
TCP
TD
TDAP
TDL
TED
TFC
TFR
TNCs
TPI
TR
TV
Threshold Autoregressive Conditional Hetroskedasticity
Tuberculosis
Treasury Bills
Tariff Based System
Trading Corporation of Pakistan
Total Debt
Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
Total Debt and Liabilities, Time & Demand Liabilities
Total External Debt
Term Finance Certificate
Total Fertility Rate
Transactional Corporations
Tornqvist Price Index
Total Revenue
Television
TVET
UAE
UBL
UK
UN
UNCTAD
UNEP
UNFPA
UPS
USA
USF
USA/US
USDA
Technical and Vocational Education & Training
United Arab Emirates
United Bank Limited
United Kingdom
United Nations
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development
United nations Environment Program
UN Population Fund
Uninterrupted Power Supply
United States of America
Universal Services Fund
United States of America
US Department of Agriculture
V
VA
VAR
VP
Value Addition
Vector Autoregressive
Voluntary Payments
W
WALR
WADR
WAFC
WALR
WAPDA
WHC
WHO
WHT
WLL
WOM
WPI
WS&RT
WTO
Weighted Average Lending Rates
Weighted Average Deposit Rates
Weighted Average Foreign Currency
Weighted Average Lending Rate
Water and Power Development Authority
World Heritage Convention
World Health Organization
Withholding Tax
Wireless Local Loop
Weeks of Imports
Wholesale Price Index
Wholesale and Retail Trade
World Trade Organization
X
XGS
Export of Goods & Services
Y
YoY
Year on Year
Z
ZTBL
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
U