1942; 82 years ago (1942) (as Sindh Rifles) 1995; 29 years ago (1995) (as Pakistan Rangers Punjab)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
Pakistan
Operations jurisdiction
Pakistan
Map of Punjab Rangers jurisdiction (in red) within Pakistan
Governing body
Ministry of Interior
Constituting instrument
Pakistan Rangers Ordinance, 1959[1]
General nature
Federal law enforcement
Specialist jurisdictions
Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, and riot control.
National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Operational structure
Headquarters
Lahore, Punjab
Agency executive
Major-General Atif Bin Akram, Director General
Parent agency
Civil Armed Forces
Website
pakistanrangers.punjab.gov.pk
The Punjab Rangers (formally Pakistan Rangers Punjab) (Urdu: پنجاب رینجرز) is a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan. It is one of nine Civil Armed Forces and is one of two Ranger forces with the other one being the Sindh Rangers, which operates in Sindh province. The corps operates administratively under the Interior Ministry of Pakistan but is usually commanded by officers on secondment from the Pakistan Army. Their primary purpose is to secure and defend about 1,300 km (810 mi) of the northern part of the border with neighbouring India. They are also often involved in major internal and external security operations with the regular Pakistani military and provide assistance to municipal and provincial police forces to maintain law and order against crime, terrorism and unrest.
As part of the paramilitary Civil Armed Forces, the Rangers can fall under the full operational control of the Pakistan Armed Forces when necessary. This is not exclusively limited to a wartime scenario, but whenever Article 245 of the Constitution of Pakistan is invoked to provide "military aid to civil power".
^Pakistan Rangers Ordinance, 1959. punjablaws.gov.pk (Ordinance XIV). 1959. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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