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Frontier Corps
The
Frontier Corps
(
reporting name
:
FC
), is a collective term for the two
provincial
auxiliary
forces part of the
paramilitary forces of Pakistan
along the western provinces of
Balochistan
and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
and are the direct counterparts to the
Rangers
of the eastern provinces (
Sindh
and
Punjab
). The Frontier Corps comprises two separate organizations:
FC NWFP
stationed in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province (formerly known as the
North-West Frontier Province
), and includes the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
, and
FC Balochistan
stationed in
Balochistan
province. Each subdivision is headed by a
inspector general
, who is a
Pakistan Army
officer of at least major-general rank, although the force itself is under the jurisdiction of the Interior Ministry.
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