Frontier Corps Balochistan (South)

Not to be confused with Frontier Constabulary or Frontier Force Regiment.

Frontier Corps Balochistan (South)
AbbreviationFCB (S)
Agency overview
Formed2017; 7 years ago (2017)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agencyPakistan
Operations jurisdictionPakistan
Governing bodyMinistry of Interior
Constituting instrument
  • Frontier Corps Ordinance, 1959[2]
General nature
Specialist jurisdictions
  • Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, and riot control.
  • National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Operational structure
Overseen byPakistan Army
HeadquartersTurbat, Balochistan
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyCivil Armed Forces

The Frontier Corps Balochistan (South) (Urdu: سرحد واہنی بلوچستان (جنوبی), reporting name: FCB(S)), is a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan, operating in the southwestern part of the province of Balochistan, to overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and Iran and assist with maintaining law and order. It is one of four Frontier Corps with the others being: FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) and FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) stationed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and FC Balochistan (North) stationed in the northern part of 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 unified force officered by the Police Service of Pakistan.

The 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.[3]

The Corps consists of several infantry regiments, themselves composed of one or more battalion-sized wings. Some of the regiments were raised during the colonial era.

  1. ^ "20 Months Achievements" (PDF). National Database and Registration Authority. p. 60. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ Frontier Corps Ordinance, 1959 (Ordinance XXVI). 1959.
  3. ^ Abbas, Hassan (30 March 2007). "Transforming Pakistan's Frontier Corps". Terrorism Monitor. 5 (6). Washington: Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2010.