Arundhati Roy
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lost an unbelievably high amount, more than Rs8,500 billion (Rs8.5 trillion or US$94 billion), in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the last four years , Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) claims. The News,Front Page,5 Feb 2012.
ABBREVIATIONS
ADB Asian Development Bank
CMDP Capital Market Development Program
CPS Country Partnership Strategy
DFI Development Finance Institution
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
GENCOs Generation Companies
GCI Global Competitiveness Index
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDR Global Depository Receipt
GoP Government of Pakistan
HBL Habib Bank Limited
IFI International Finance Institution
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPO Initial Public Offering
IPP Independent Power Producers
MCA Monopoly Control Authority
MTDF Medium Term Development Framework
KESC Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
KPT Karachi Port Trust
KSE Karachi Stock Exchange
NCBs Nationalized Commercial Banks
NEPRA National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
NHA National Highway Authority
NICL National Insurance Company Limited
NRL National Refinery Limited
OGDCL Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited
OGRA Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
PC Privatization Commission
PEMRA Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
PPID Pakistan Private Infrastructure Development
PPL Pakistan Petroleum Limited
PPP Public Private
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