List of Abbreviations
AKMC Azad Kashmir Muslim Conference
AL Awami League
ANP Awami National Party
APDM All Pakistan Democratic Movement
BISP Benazir Income Support Program
BNM Balochistan National Movement,
BNP-H Balochistan National Party-Hayee
BNP-M Balochistan National Party-Mengal
BUF Balochistan United Front
C-in C Commander in chief
CoAS Chief of Army Staff
FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas
HPG Haq Parast Group
IGD Islami Gonotontri Dal
IJI Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
JIP Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan
JUI Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam
JUI-F Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazlur Rahman,
JUI-M Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam-Mahmud
JUI-S Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam Sami-ul-Haq
JUP Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Pakistan
JWP Jamhoori Watan Party
KPK Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KT Khaksar Tehrik
LFO Legal Framework Order
MDM Muttahida Deeni Mahaz
MJAHP Markazi Jamiat-e-Ahle-Hadees Pakistan
MJUP Markazi Jamiat-ul-Ulema Pakistan
MMA Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
MQM Muhajir Qaumi Movement
MRD Movement for the Restoration of Democracy
MWMP Majlis Wahdatul Muslemeen, Pakistan
NA the National Alliance
NAP-W National Awami Party-Wali
NDP National Democratic Party,
NFC National Finance Commission
NPP National People's Party
NRO National Reconciliation Ordinance
NWFP North West Frontier province
OGRA Oil& Gas Regulatory Authority
PAI Pakistan Awami Ittehad
PCO Provisional Constitutional Order
PDF Pakistan Democratic Front
PDP Pakistan Democratic Party,
PHP Pakistan Hindu Party
PkMAP Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
PML-Pg Pakistan Muslim League- Pagaro Group
PML Pakistan Muslim League
PML-Cl Pakistan Muslim League-Council
PML-Cn Pakistan Muslim League-Convention
PML-F Pakistan Muslim League-Functional
PML-J Pakistan Muslim League-Junejo
PML-N Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
PML-Q Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam
PML-Qm Pakistan Muslim League-Qayyum
PNA Pakistan National Alliance
PNP Pakistan National Party
PPIS Punjabi Pakhtoon Ittehad Sindh
PPP Pakistan People's Party
PPPP Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian
PPP-SB Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto
PPP-Sh Pakistan People's Party-Sherpao
PTI Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf
QWP-Sh Qaumi Watan Party (Sherpao)
SKMPPMM Sindh-Karachi Mohajir Punjabi-Pathan Mutahida Mahaz
TI Tehrik-i-Istiqlal
UCF United Christian Front