| ADP |
Annual Development Plan |
| APCC |
Annual Plan Coordination Committee |
| BOS |
Bureau of Statistics (North-West Frontier Province) |
| CBO |
Community-based organizations |
| CDWP |
Central Development Working Party |
| DDAC |
District Development Advisory Committee |
| ECNEC |
Executive Committee of the National Economic Council |
| EIA |
Environmental impact assessment |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPO |
Environmental Protection Ordinance |
| FATA |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas |
| GIS |
Geographically Information System |
| IEE |
Initial Environmental Examination |
| IRDP |
Integrated Rural Development Programme |
| IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
| MPA |
Members of the Provincial Assembly |
| NCS |
National Conservation Strategy |
| NEC |
National Economic Council |
| NEQS |
National Environmental Quality Standards |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
| NIPA |
National Institute of Public Administration |
| NWFP |
North-West Frontier Province |
| PATA |
Provincial Administered Tribal Areas |
| PDA |
Peshawar Development Authority |
| PDWP |
Provincial Development Working Party |
| PMC |
Peshawar Municipal Corporation |
| PSDP |
Public Sector Development Programme |
| SAP |
Social Action Plan |
| SCARP |
Salinity Control and Reclamation Project |
| SDA |
Sarhad Development Authority |
| SPCS |
Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy |
| SRSC |
Sarhad Rural Support Corporation |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| VDC |
Village Development Committee |
| VO |
Village organization |
| WAPDA |
Water and Power Development Authority |
| WFP |
World Food Programme |