Frontier Constabulary to become countrywide force under new ordinance

Islamabad: The federal government has decided to transform the Frontier Constabulary (FC) into a nationwide federal force.

According to sources, the government has decided to expand the Frontier Constabulary into a countrywide federal force. To implement this decision, an ordinance will be issued to extend the FC’s jurisdiction across Pakistan after the federal cabinet approves amendments to the Frontier Constabulary Act of 1915.

Sources say the force will be renamed the Federal Constabulary, and it will be authorized to operate in all four provinces, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Following the implementation of the ordinance, recruitment for the new force will be carried out across the country, and its offices will be established nationwide. Under the reorganization framework, officers from the Police Service of Pakistan will command the Federal Constabulary.

The establishment of this force is expected to significantly enhance internal security and public order in the country. According to sources, this move is part of broader efforts to centralize and strengthen national internal security mechanisms.