Glossary and abbreviations

Term Definition

ADR

Alternative Dispute Resolution

AJK

Azad Jammu and Kashmir

ALPS

Alert for Price Spikes

ANF

Anti-Narcotics Force

AQ

Al-Qaeda

AQIS

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent

ASWJ

Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat

ATA

Anti-Terrorism Act

ATCs

Anti-Terrorism Courts

BHUs

Basic Health Units

BISP

Benazir Income Support Programme

BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

BLA

Balochistan Liberation Army

BLA-A

Balochistan Liberation Army Azad

BLA-J

Balochistan Liberation Army Jeeyand

BLF

Balochistan Liberation Front

BNA

Baloch National Army

BNP

Balochistan National Party

BRAS

Baloch Raji Aajoi Sangar

BRG

Baloch Republican Guard

BYC

Baloch Yakjehti Committee

CDA

Capital Development Authority

CDF

Chief of Defence Forces

CJCSC

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee

CNIC

Computerised National Identity Card

CNSC

Commander of the National Strategic Command

CPEC

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CrPC

Code of Criminal Procedure

CTD

Counterterrorism Department

CTW

Counter Terrorism Wing (of the FIA)

ECP

Election Commission of Pakistan

FATA

Federally Administered Tribal Area

FC

Frontier Corps

FCR

Frontier Crimes Regulation

FIA

Federal Investigation Agency

FIR

First Information Report

FSC

Federal Shariat Court

GB

Gilgit-Baltistan

GHQ

Army General Headquarters

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GoP

Government of Pakistan

HGB

Hafiz Gul Bahadur

HIIP

Harkat Inqilab-e-Islami Pakistan

HM

Hizb ul-Mujahideen

HuA

Hizb-ul-Ahrar

HUJI

Harakat-ul Jihad Islami

HuM

Harakat ul-Mujahideen

HRCP

Human Rights Commission Pakistan

ICT

Islamabad Capital Territory

IED

Improvised Explosive Device

IFRP

Illegal Foreigners' Repatriation Plan

IGP

Inspector General of Police

IMP

Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan

IS

Islamic State

ISI

Inter-Services Intelligence

ISIL

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

ISKP

Islamic State – Khorasan Province

ISPP

Islamic State – Pakistan Province

JAAC

Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee

JeM

Jaish-e-Muhammad

JFM

Jaish Fursan Muhammad

JSQM-A

Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz-Arisar

JuA

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

JUI-F

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam – Fazl

JUI-P

Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (Pakistan)

KP

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

KPDMA

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Disaster Management Authority

LeI

Lashkar-e-Islam

LeJ

Lashkar-e Jhangvi

LeT

Lashkar-e-Taiba

LFS

Labour Force Survey

MoFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MoI

Ministry of Interior

MOPDSI

Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives

MQM-L

Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London

MQM-P

Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan

MRC

Migrant Resource Centre

NAB

National Accountability Bureau

NACTA

National Counter Terrorism Authority

NFC

National Finance Commission

NSC

National Security Committee

PBC

Pakistan Bar Council

PBM

Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal

PECA

Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act

PMA

Pakistan Medical Association

PML

Pakistan Muslim League

PML-N

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz

PPC

Pakistan Penal Code

PPP

Pakistan People's Party

PPR

Pakistan Prison Rules

PTI

Tehreek-e-Insaf party

PTM

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement

RHCs

Rural Health Centres

SBP

State Bank of Pakistan

SCI

Sunni Ittehad Council

SLA

Sindhudesh Liberation Army

SMP

Sipah-e-Muhammad

SNC

Single National Curriculum

SP

Superintendent of Police

SPA

Sindhudesh People’s Army

SRA

Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army

SSP

Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan

TDP

Temporarily Displaced Person

TJP

Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan

TLP

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

TNP

Tehrik-e Namoos Pakistan

TRF

The Resistance Front

TTP

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan

UAVs

Wilayat

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Shadow province

WPMPLA

West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law Act