The police forces of the Provinces of Pakistan maintain paramilitary arms which act as a mobile armed reserve. They are not usually in contact with the public except during public events, civil unrest, and natural disasters. They maintain key guard posts and participate in antiterrorist operations. Depending on the type of assignment, they may be or may not be carrying firearms.
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Balochistan
Balochistan Police - a 38,000-strong urban police force with jurisdiction in 8 out of 30 districts of Balochistan
Counter Terrorism Force of 900 personnel in 11 wings
Balochistan Constabulary, a reserve police unit of more than 10,000 personnel
Balochistan Levies, a 23,000-strong[17] law enforcement and security agency, and has jurisdiction in 22 out of 30 districts of Balochistan.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Rapid Response Force
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Reserve Frontier Police, a 10,000 man force operating in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Elite force is a specialized unit of 6,000 high risk security operations and counter terrorism
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Special Combat Unit (SCU) - a large province wide tactical police unit
Levies are raised by local officials for local tasks, typically for local order and security, i.e. Dir, Mohmand, and Khyber Agencies.
Malakand Levies, operates on Malakand Division
Dir Levies
Khyber Levies.
Khasadar Forces located throughout the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), are locally recruited and maintained tribal security force, paid for through a stipend provided to the tribe by the Pakistan government. 40,000 Khasadar serve seven former tribal agencies and six frontier regions.
Note that the Levies and Khasadar will now fall under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
Punjab.
Punjab Police
Punjab Police Dolphin Force - a motorcycle based mobile patrol force
Punjab Police Elite Police is the highly trained tactical that assists district police with high-risk operations
Punjab Police Special Protection Unit (SPU) 3,829 men providing security for foreigners working on national important projects within Punjab.
Sindh.
Sindh Police
Sindh Police Sindh Reserve Police
Sindh Police Special Security Unit
Sindh Police Rapid Response Force
Other territories
Azad-Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are not officially provinces of Pakistan but both have limited self-rule and hence their own police forces each of which maintains paramilitary branches.
Azad Kashmir.
Azad Kashmir is the Pakistani portion of Jammu and Kashmir which has its own Azad Kashmir Police who maintains several paramilitary forces within it.
Gilgit-Baltistan.
Gilgit-Baltistan is the currently independent northernmost portion of the Pakistan which maintains the Gilgit-Baltistan Police and is home to the Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts.
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Balochistan
Balochistan Police - a 38,000-strong urban police force with jurisdiction in 8 out of 30 districts of Balochistan
Counter Terrorism Force of 900 personnel in 11 wings
Balochistan Constabulary, a reserve police unit of more than 10,000 personnel
Balochistan Levies, a 23,000-strong[17] law enforcement and security agency, and has jurisdiction in 22 out of 30 districts of Balochistan.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Rapid Response Force
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Reserve Frontier Police, a 10,000 man force operating in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Elite force is a specialized unit of 6,000 high risk security operations and counter terrorism
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Special Combat Unit (SCU) - a large province wide tactical police unit
Levies are raised by local officials for local tasks, typically for local order and security, i.e. Dir, Mohmand, and Khyber Agencies.
Malakand Levies, operates on Malakand Division
Dir Levies
Khyber Levies.
Khasadar Forces located throughout the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), are locally recruited and maintained tribal security force, paid for through a stipend provided to the tribe by the Pakistan government. 40,000 Khasadar serve seven former tribal agencies and six frontier regions.
Note that the Levies and Khasadar will now fall under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
Punjab.
Punjab Police
Punjab Police Dolphin Force - a motorcycle based mobile patrol force
Punjab Police Elite Police is the highly trained tactical that assists district police with high-risk operations
Punjab Police Special Protection Unit (SPU) 3,829 men providing security for foreigners working on national important projects within Punjab.
Sindh.
Sindh Police
Sindh Police Sindh Reserve Police
Sindh Police Special Security Unit
Sindh Police Rapid Response Force
Other territories
Azad-Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are not officially provinces of Pakistan but both have limited self-rule and hence their own police forces each of which maintains paramilitary branches.
Azad Kashmir.
Azad Kashmir is the Pakistani portion of Jammu and Kashmir which has its own Azad Kashmir Police who maintains several paramilitary forces within it.
Gilgit-Baltistan.
Gilgit-Baltistan is the currently independent northernmost portion of the Pakistan which maintains the Gilgit-Baltistan Police and is home to the Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts.
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