Civil Armed Forces

Civil Armed Forces
Civil Armed Forces
Service branches	Pakistan Rangers Punjab Rangers; Sindh Rangers; ; Frontier Corps Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North); Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South); Frontier Corps Balochistan (North); Frontier Corps Balochistan (South); ; Federal Constabulary; Pakistan Coast Guards; Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts;
Headquarters	Ministry of Interior, Islamabad
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Minister of Interior	Mohsin Raza Naqvi
Personnel
Active personnel	291,000
Related articles
History	Military history of Pakistan; Wars Involving Pakistan;
Ranks	Army ranks and insignia; Naval ranks and insignia; Air Force ranks and insignia

The Civil Armed Forces (CAF) are a group of nine paramilitary and gendarmerie organizations which fall under the Ministry of Interior, separate and distinct from the regular Pakistan Armed Forces, which fall under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for maintaining internal security, helping law enforcement agencies, border control, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism, riot control, and anti-smuggling. They frequently operate alongside the Pakistani military in response to natural disasters. During times of war they can have their command transferred to the Ministry of Defence, and effectively combined to form a reserve force for the Pakistani military.