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| Frontier Corps سرحد واہنی | |
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| Abbreviation | FC |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1878 |
| Employees | 70,000 personnel as of 2017[update] |
| Annual budget | Rs. 105 billion (2024) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | Pakistan |
| Operations jurisdiction | Pakistan |
| Governing body | Ministry of Interior |
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| Overseen by | Pakistan Army |
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| Parent agency | Civil Armed Forces |
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The Frontier Corps (Urdu: سرحد واہنی, reporting name: FC), are a group of four paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to maintain law and order while overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and Iran. There are four Frontier Corps: FC KPK (North) and FC KPK (South) stationed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formed from the previously named North-West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas), and FC Balochistan (North) and FC Balochistan (South) stationed in Balochistan province.
The Frontier Corps are often confused with Frontier Constabulary as both forces abbreviated as ''FC''. Frontier Corps are group of four paramilitary forces officered by the Pakistan Army. On other hand, Frontier Constabulary is an unified force officered by the Police Service of Pakistan.
Each Corps is headed by a seconded inspector general, who is a Pakistan Army officer of at least major-general rank, although the force itself is officially under the jurisdiction of the Interior Ministry.[2]
With a total manpower of approximately 70,000,[3][4] and a budget of Rs. 105 billion,[5] the task of the Frontier Corps is to help local law enforcement, and to carry out border patrol, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and anti-smuggling operations.[6]
Each Corps consists of several regiments, themselves composed of one or more battalion-sized wings. Some of the regiments were raised during the colonial era. These include the Chitral Scouts, the Khyber Rifles, the Kurram Militia, the Tochi Scouts, the South Waziristan Scouts, and the Zhob Militia. The Khyber Rifles was in fact regularised during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and fought with distinction in Kashmir.
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