Paramilitary forces of Pakistan

The paramilitary forces of Pakistan operate alongside the regular military and police forces to maintain internal security, border security, and law enforcement. These forces are generally administered by the Ministry of Interior, although several units operate in coordination with the Pakistan Armed Forces. The term paramilitary forces of Pakistan commonly refers to the following organizations:

• Civil Armed Forces
  • Punjab Rangers
  • Sindh Rangers
  • Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)
  • Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South)
  • Frontier Corps Balochistan (North)
  • Frontier Corps Balochistan (South)
  • Frontier Constabulary
  • Pakistan Coast Guards
  • Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts
• Airports Security Force
• Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
• Anti Narcotics Force
• National Guard
  • Mujahid Force
  • Janbaz Force
  • National Cadet Corps (Pakistan) (disbanded)
  • Women's Guard (disbanded)
• Pakistan Levies (partially disbanded)
  • Balochistan Levies
  • Dir Levies
  • Gilgit-Baltistan Levies Force
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Levies
  • Malakand Levies

• Al-Badr in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
• Al-Shams in East Pakistan
• Azad Kashmir Regular Force (now the fully military Azad Kashmir Regiment)
• East Pakistan Rifles (now the Border Guards Bangladesh)
• Federal Security Force, a secret police from 1972-1977
• Gilgit Scouts (now the fully military Northern Light Infantry Regiment but see Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts above)
• Khasadar, disbanded in 2019
• Mehran Force, replaced by the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh)
• Razakar in East Pakistan

• Law enforcement in Pakistan