Pakistani subnational abbreviations - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Pakistani subnational abbreviations are used by Pakistan Post

Pakistan Post

Pakistan Post is a state enterprise dedicated to providing wide range of postal products and public services in Pakistan. It is the largest postal service in the country...

, currently in code system of two or more capital letters to represent the Administrative units of Pakistan.

Current abbreviations

The sources of the current abbreviations vary. Some are from the initials of two of the words in the name of a province or territory, while others are from the first and final letter or from the first and some other letter in the name. All of these names are based on the English

Pakistani English

Pakistani English is the term used to describe the English language as spoken in Pakistan. Pakistani English is slightly different in respect to accent and spellings of some words.-History:...

form of the name.

Abbreviation	English name	Urdu name
AK	Azad Kashmir Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...	آزاد جموں و کشمیر
BN	Balochistan Balochistan Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region which covers parts of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. It can also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:...	بلوچستان
FATA	Federally Administered Tribal Areas Federally Administered Tribal Areas The Federally Administered Tribal Areas are a semi-autonomous tribal region in the northwest of Pakistan, lying between the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the neighboring country of Afghanistan. The FATA comprise seven Agencies and six FRs...	وفاقی قبائلی علاقہ جات
GB	Gilgit-Baltistan	بلوچستان
KP	Khyber Pukhtunkhwa	خیبر پختون خواہ
PB	Punjab	پنجاب
SN	Sindh Sindh Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...	سندھ
ICT	Islamabad Capital Territory Islamabad Capital Territory The Islamabad Capital Territory is one of the two federal territories of Pakistan. It includes Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, and covers an area of 1,165.5 km² of which 906 km² is Islamabad proper...	N/A

Usage

These abbreviations are hardly used in Postal mail, as many only tend to write the name of the city and not the province.

Current abbreviations

Usage

See also