Civil Armed Forces

Civil Armed Forces
Civil Armed Forces
Service branches	Punjab Rangers; Sindh Rangers; Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North); Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South); Frontier Corps Balochistan (North); Frontier Corps Balochistan (South); Frontier Constabulary; Pakistan Coast Guards; Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts; Pakistan Maritime Security Agency; Airports Security Force; Anti Narcotics Force;
Headquarters	Ministry of Interior, Islamabad
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Minister of Defence	Khawaja Asif
Defence Secretary	LT Gen (R) Hamood Uz Zaman
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff	General Sahir Shamshad Mirza
Personnel
Military age	16–23
Active personnel	1,000,000
Industry
Domestic suppliers	List Air Weapons Complex; Heavy Industries Taxila; Global Industrial Defence Solutions; Defence Science and Technology Organization; Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works; Kahuta Research Laboratories; NESCOM; National Defence Complex; Pakistan Aeronautical Complex; Pakistan Ordnance Factories; Metallurgical Laboratory; Integrated Dynamics;
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, uniformed organisations, separate and distinct from the regular "military" Pakistan Armed Forces. They are responsible for maintaining internal security, helping law enforcement agencies, border control, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism, riot control, and anti-smuggling under the Ministry of Interior. They frequently operate alongside the Pakistani military in response to natural disasters. They come under the direct command of the Ministry of Defence and the Pakistani military during wartime.

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