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14. National Public Safety Oversees the functioning of federal law enforcementCommissionagencies.15. National Police Advises the federal and provincial governments onManagement Board matters concerning general planning anddevelopment in the various police organisations.4.3.1 Civil Armed ForcesThe Civil Armed Forces are the armed field organisations of the Ministry ofInterior. The roles assigned to these forces during peacetime are to:secure and check illegal border crossing;prevent smuggling-related illegal activities;adopt anti-drug trafficking measures;assist provincial governments in maintaining law and order;prevent trans-border crimes and unauthorised entry into Pakistan; andpromote a sense of security amongst the people living in the borderareas.In times of war, the Civil Armed Forces are expected to:hold the ground in less threatened sectors as long as the main attackdoes not develop in that particular sector; and protect vital installations. 11046
The collective strength of the various Civil Armed Forces is as follows: 111ForceStrengthFC (Balochistan) 45,227FC (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 48,648Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) 19,487Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) 24,630Pakistan Coast Guards 4,067Northern Areas Scouts 3,679Frontier Constabulary 22,817Grand Total 168,5554.3.2 Frontier CorpsMaintained under the Frontier Corps Ordinance, 1959, the Frontier Corps (FC)is led by regular Pakistan Army officers, though it is part of the Ministry ofInterior and not the Army. The junior ranks of FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aremostly composed of people from local tribal areas whereas the junior ranks ofFC Balochistan are mostly non-Baloch. 112 The top officer of the Corps is InspectorGeneral. With a total manpower of approximately 94,000 the task of thisparamilitary force is to assist local law enforcement agencies in the maintenanceof law and order when called upon to do so. For instance, in the mid-1970s thePakistan government used FC Balochistan to counter the insurgency there. Thesedays the role of FC is once again focused on insurgents in that province and tofight the Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.4.3.3 Pakistan RangersAlso under the Ministry of Interior, the Pakistan Rangers have a similar structureto the Frontier Corps. Senior officers are from the military but are deputed tothe Rangers. The Pakistan Rangers are found in both Punjab and Sindh. ThePresident appoints the DG of the Pakistan Rangers, whereas the power to appointthe Deputy DG and Commandants resides with the concerned provincialgovernment. 11347
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