Paramilitary forces of Pakistan can refer to any of the following: *

Civil Armed Forces The Civil Armed Forces (CAF) are a group of nine paramilitary, uniformed organisations, separate and distinct from the regular "military" Pakistan Armed Forces. They are responsible for maintaining internal security, helping law enforcement ag ...

Punjab Rangers The Punjab Rangers (formally Pakistan Rangers Punjab) ( ur, ) is a paramilitary federal law enforcement corps in Pakistan. It is one of nine Civil Armed Forces and is one of two Ranger corps' with the other one being the Sindh Rangers, which ...

Sindh Rangers The Sindh Rangers (formally Pakistan Rangers Sindh) ( ur, ) is a paramilitary federal law enforcement corps in Pakistan. It is one of nine Civil Armed Forces and is one of two Ranger corps' with the other one being the Punjab Rangers, which ...

Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) The Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) ( ur, , reporting name: FCKP(N)), is a group of paramilitary regiments of Pakistan, operating in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan ...

Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) The Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) ( ur, , reporting name: FCKP(S)), is a group of paramilitary regiments of Pakistan, operating in the southern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, to overseeing the country's borders with Afghanis ...

Frontier Corps Balochistan (North) The Frontier Corps Balochistan (North) ( ur, , reporting name: FCB(N)), is a group of paramilitary regiments of Pakistan, operating in the northern part of the province of Balochistan, to overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and ...

Frontier Corps Balochistan (South) The Frontier Corps Balochistan (South) ( ur, , reporting name: FCB(S)), is a group of paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the southwestern part of the province of Balochistan, to overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and ...

Frontier Constabulary The Frontier Constabulary ( ur, ) is a federal paramilitary force of Pakistan under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, which is largely drawn from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, but operates in several districts of Pakistan. It ...

** Pakistan Coast Guards **

Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts The Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts, are a civil armed force of Pakistan, tasked with law enforcement in the nominally autonomous territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and border guard duties. The force was formed in 2003 under the control of the Interio ...

Pakistan National Guard The National Guard of Pakistan ( ur, ) is a reserve military force and the component of the Pakistan Army that is designed to act as a "second line of defense" in Pakistan. together with the Pakistan Army Reserve, the Frontier Corps and the ...

Mujahid Force The Mujahid Force ( ur, ) is a paramilitary regiment and a component of the National Guard of Pakistan, normally under the command of the Pakistan Army. History The force was established in 1965, and was merged into the National Guard whe ...

Janbaz Force The Janbaz Force ( ur, ) is a component of the National Guard of Pakistan, and a paramilitary force under the command of the Pakistan Army. It acts as a reserve force for the regular Army in times of national emergency or war. The force has ...

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National Cadet Corps (Pakistan) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) was a college and school-based programme for providing military-style training to students in Pakistan, under the auspices of the Pakistan Army. It was a component of the National Guard of Pakistan (a reserve fo ...

'' (disbanded) ** ''Women's Guard'' (disbanded) *

Pakistan Levies The Pakistan Levies (Urdu: ), or Federal Levies, are provincial paramilitary forces ( gendarmeries) in Pakistan, whose primary missions are law enforcement, assisting the civilian police (where co-located) in maintaining law and order, and cond ...

(partially disbanded) ** Balochistan Levies ** Dir Levies ** '' Gilgit-Baltistan Levies Force'' ** '' Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Levies'' ** Malakand Levies ** '' Swat Levies''

Former paramilitary forces

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) * Al-Shams in East Pakistan *

Azad Kashmir Regular Force The Azad Kashmir Regular Force (AKRF), formerly known as the Kashmir Liberation Forces, were the irregular forces of Azad Kashmir until 1948, when they were taken over by the government of Pakistan and converted into a regular force. In this ...

(now the fully military Azad Kashmir Regiment) *

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(now the Border Guards Bangladesh) * Federal Security Force, a secret police from 1972-1977 *

Gilgit Scouts The Gilgit Scouts constituted a paramilitary force of the Gilgit Agency in northern Jammu and Kashmir. They were raised by the government of British India in 1913, on behalf of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, to police the northern front ...

(now the fully military

Northern Light Infantry Regiment The Northern Light Infantry Regiment (NLI) is a light infantry regiment in the Pakistan Army, based and currently headquartered in Gilgit, Pakistan. Along with other forces of the Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistani military, the NLI has the primar ...

but see Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts above) *

Khasadar The Khasadar (Arabic أَمين for Keeper/Guardian) were paramilitary forces operating throughout the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), now a part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The Khasadar were a locally recruited and ma ...

, disbanded in 2019 *

Mehran Force The Mehran Force was an auxiliary of the Pakistan Army used for internal security duties in Sindh. In 1994 the Mehran Force had a strength of 24,000 and was organizationally divided into "wings" of approximately 800 men each. The Mehran Force was ...

, replaced by the

Pakistan Rangers The Pakistan Rangers ( ur, ) are a paramilitary federal law enforcement organization in Pakistan, operating under the authority of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan. Their primary purpose is to secure and defend sites of significance in the ...

(Sindh) * Razakar in East Pakistan

Former paramilitary forces

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