ABBREVIATIONS

S. No. PUC Paper Under Consideration

1. F.R. Fresh Receipt
2. O.O. Office Order
3. KW Kilo Watt/Keep With
4. DFA Draft For Approval
5. d.o. Demi-official
6. U.O. Un-official
7. CR Character Roll
8. Inter-alia Among other things
9. LF Linked File
10. EOI Expression of Interest
11. MoU Memorandum of Understanding
12. PPP Previous Paper Please
13. Prima-Facie At first glance/on initial examination
14. PM Post Meridiem
15. AM Ante Meridiem
16. HEC Higher Education Commission
17. HEJ Higher Education Journal
18. HEI Higher Education Institution
19. PPU Please Put Up
20. Ref. Reference
21. Endt. Endorsement
22. Fait-accompli Something that is already done/decided and seems un-alterable
23. CA Competent Authority
24. HEA Higher Education Administration
25. FAQs Frequently Asked Questions
26. O.M. Office Memorandum
27. e.g. exempli gratia (Latin word which means for example)
28. i.e. id-est (Latin word which means “that is”)
29. ADC Aide-de-camp (French word which means Secretary to a Senior at Camp)
30. PPRA Public Procurement Regulatory Authority
31. PNRA Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority
32. PEMRA Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
33. CNIC Computerized National Identity Card
34. PEC Pakistan Engineering Council
35. SOP Standard Operation Procedures
36. ASAP As Soon As Possible
37. ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
38. WAPDA Water and Power Development Authority
39. IESCO Islamabad Electric Supply Company
40. NADRA National Database And Registration Authority
41. NAB National Accountability Bureau
42. USAID United States Agency for International Development
43. IPFP Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs
44. UGC University Grants Commission
45. LFP Leave on Full Pay
46. EOL Extra Ordinary Leave (Leave without pay)
47. LPR Leave Preparatory to Retirement
48. ACR Annual Confidential Report
49. PER Personnel Evaluation Report
50. FOL From Overleaf
51. P.P. Previous Page
52. S.N. Serial Number
53. LHP Leave on Half Pay
 54. FPSC Federal Public Service Commission
55. LPC Last Pay Certificate
56. WHO World Health Organization
57. CNG Compressed Natural Gas
58. FYI For Your Information
59. SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
60. PERN Pakistan Education and Research Network
61. CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
62. FWO Frontier Works Organization
63. F.Sc. Faculty of Sciences
64. B.A. Bachelors of Arts
65. Bae Before Anyone Else
66. MBBS Bachelors of Medicine & Bachelors of Surgery
67. Ctrl Control
68. Esc. Escape
69. M.A. Master of Arts
70. Ph.D. Doctorate of Philosophy
71. M. Phil Master of Philosophy
72. HSSC Higher Secondary School Certificate
73. SSC Secondary School Certificate
74. CB Cantonment Board
75. BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
76. CNN Cable News Network
77. PTV Pakistan Television
78. PMA Pakistan Military Academy
79. NUST National University of Sciences and Technology
80. LUMS Lahore University of Management & Sciences
81. GIKI Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute
82. PMDC Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
83. PWD Public Works Department
84. KRL Kahuta Research Laboratories
85. FIR First Investigation Report
86. GHQ General Headquarters
87. CSS Central Superior Services
88. AGPR Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues
89. UNO United Nations Organization
90. UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees
91. UNICEF United Nations International Children Fund
92. UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
93. Kg Kilogram
94. Cm Centimeter
95. CM Chief Minister
96. Mm Millimeter
97. HRM Human Resource Management
98. HRD Human Resource Department
99. LI Learning Innovation
100. QAA Quality Assurance Agency
101. QAD Quality Assurance Division
102. E.D. Executive Director
103. R&D Research & Development
104. P&D Planning & Development
105. TESP Tertiary Education Support Programme
106. R&I Receipt and Issuance
107. USA United States of America
108. UK United Kingdom
109. USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
110. UAE United Arab Emirates
111. IDP Internally Displaced Person
112. IED Improvised Explosive Device
113. KPK Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa
114. FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas
115. FANA Federally Administered Northern Areas
116. CA Chartered Accountancy
117. ISI Inter-Services Intelligence
118. ISPR Inter-Services Public Relations
119. RAW Research and Analysis Wing
120. CIA Central Intelligence Agency
121. OGRA Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
122. RO Reporting Officer
123. CO Commanding Officer
124. OIC Officer In-charge
125. EMF Electro-Magnetic Field, Electro-Motive Force
126. IMF International Monetary Fund
127. BRB Canal Bambawali Ravi Bedian Canal
128. SMS Short Message Service
129. MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
130. ATM Automated Teller Machine
131. DSL Digital Subscriber Line
132. ECL Exit Control List
133. NGO Non-Governmental Organization
134. NOC No Objection Certificate
135. OPF Overseas Pakistanis Federation
136. PC-1 Planning Commission Performa No.1
137. PEPA, 1997 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997
138. PEPC Pakistan Environmental Protection Council
139. TOR Terms of Reference
140. SIM Subscriber Identity Module
141. www World Wide Web
142. http Hypertext Transfer Protocol
143. viz. Videlicet (means namely)
144. N/A Not Applicable
145. NYA Not Yet Allotted
146. PIMS Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
147. MAG Military Accountant General
148. COAS Chief of the Army Staff
149. CJCSC Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
150. CPEC China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
151. LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
152. RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
153. OK Oll Korrect / Ole Korrect
154. TCS Tranzum Courier Services
155. LADAR LASER Detection and Ranging
156. SOS Save Our Souls / Save Our Ships
157. MAYDAY m’aider (French word which means “help me”)
158. MOU Memorandum of Understanding
159. PC Pearl Continental
160. KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken
161. Email Electronic Mail
162. NUM Lock Numeric Lock
163. LOC Line of Control
164. WMS Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat
165. SLICP State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan
166. CMA Controller of Military Accounts
167. CAA Civil Aviation Authority
168. FBISE Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
169. IBCC Inter-Board Committee of Chairmen
170. NEPRA National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research
171.
(Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)
172. SUPARCO Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
173. APUG All Pakistan Unified Grades
174. FUG Federal Unified Grades
175. LEA Law Enforcement Agencies
176. VS Versus
177. etc. et cetera (Latin word which means “and other things”).
178. UNDP United Nations Development Programme
179. w.e.f. With effect from
180. w.r.t. With respect to
181. NAHE National Academy for Higher Education