Balochistan Police or Baloch Police (Balochi and ) is responsible for policing urban Balochistan, Pakistan. Its strength is 42,770 as of 2023. The current Inspector General of Police, Balochistan is Muhammad Tahir.

Law enforcement in Balochistan Service colour Dark blue and red Uniform colour Black, Khaki Balochistan Police is responsible for the law and order situation in mostly urban areas only, which are called A areas. This division has been in place, in various forms, since the time of the British Raj. Balochistan's rural areas, called B areas, are policed by the Balochistan Levies. The Frontier Corps operates in both areas. This division is seen as a severe handicap by the police as criminals based outside their limited area of jurisdiction can easily plan attacks and run away.

The distinction was eliminated by Pervez Musharraf, however, it was brought back by the PPP government of 2008 under CM Balochistan Aslam Raisani. The frequent swings in policy obviously do not allow institution-building and hurt the agencies' abilities to deal with crime.

Since Pakistan's post 9/11 involvement in the war on terrorism targeted killings, kidnappings, and terrorist attacks have risen substantially. In 2013 there were several bombings targeting the Hazara community in Quetta and attacks on police including senior officials.

2008 - 2013

PPP formed a government in Balochistan and ruled in a coalition with Nawab Aslam Raisani as Chief Minister. Aslam Raisana chose Humayan Joegazai as CCPO Quetta, who was known to have close links with lashkar-e-Jhangvi. During the start of his career, he ordered policemen to fire live rounds at Hazara protesters. 25 innocent civilians were killed. He was brought back to Quetta by Raisani and during his tenure, things once again took a turn for the worse, particularly for the Hazara community.

Improvement in 2014

The number of terrorist attacks dropped from 205 in 2013 to 154 in 2014 (a 25 percent decline) and the number of people killed in terrorist attacks fell from around 350 in 2013 to 48 in 2014 (an 86 percent decline).

Levies Merger

The Government of Balochistan has once again abolished the Balochistan Levies Force merging it into the Balochistan Police to "strengthen institutional structure, reduce duplication, and ensure better governance in remote and conflict-prone districts".

Organization

Balochistan Constabulary, a reserve police unit of Balochistan police consisting of more than 10,000 personnel located in the districts of Kharan and Khuzdar, was converted to a unit of Frontier Corps (Balochistan) and named the Kharan Rifles. It was organized at Khuzdar and then moved its HQ to Nokkundi in 1978. The personnel of the constabulary units were then organized as 75 Wing and 76 Wing, while 84 Wing of Chagai Militia was detached from that unit and placed under a command given the name "Kharan Rifles".

Designations Designations of Balochistan Police are as follow: Grade Police Ranks Abbreviations BPS-05Constable PC BPS-07Head ConstableHC BPS-09Assistant Sub-InspectorASI BPS-14Sub-InspectorSI BPS-16Police Inspector Inspector BPS-17 Assistant Superintendent of Police Deputy Superintendent of Police ASP DSP BPS-18 Superintendent of PoliceSP BPS-19 Senior Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector GeneralSSP/AIG BPS-20 Deputy Inspector GeneralDIG BPS-21 Additional Inspector GeneralAddl. IG BPS-22 Inspector General of PoliceIGP

Posts SHO, SDPO, DPO, CCPO, RPO and PPO are posts, not ranks. So you may see a lower rank acting at a higher post for some time.

IGPs of Balochistan Police NameFrom-dateTo-date34Muhammad Tahir08 September 2025Present33Moazzam Jah Ansari28 August 202407-09-202532Abdul Khaliq Shaikh02-06-202228-08-202431Mohsin Hassan Butt01.03.202202-06-202230Muhammad Tahir Rai23-1-202123-02-202229Mohsin Hassan Butt13-7-201822-1-202128Mr. Moazzam Jah Ansari18-10-201712-7-201827Mr. Ahsan Mehboob02-11-201530-09-201726Mr. Muhammad Amlish17-06-201402-09-201525Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera25-02-201316-06-201424Mr. Tarik Umar Khitab15-06-201223-02-201323Rao Amin Hashim18-05-201110-05-201222Mr. Malik Muhammad Iqbal13-07-201006-04-201121Syed Jawed Ali Shah Bukhari06-08-200913-07-201020Mr. Asif Nawaz09-08-200802-07-200919Mr. Saud Gohar04-11-200709-08-200818Mr. Tariq Mehmood Khosa18-01-200703-11-200717Ch. Muhammad Yaqoob30-05-200431-12-200616Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Suddle19-09-200130-05-200415Syed Kamal Shah24-07-200016-09-200114Mr. Abdul Qadir Hayee28-11-199924-07-200013Mr. Muhammad Habib Khan30-11-199827-11-199912Mr. Asif Ali Shah29-04-199730-11-199811Mr. Javaid Qayum Khan31-10-199529-04-199710Mr. Faqir Zia Masoom25-07-199331-10-19959Mr. Gohar Zaman06-08-199225-07-19938Mr. Muhammad Aziz Khan13-02-199105-08-19927Mr. Kamar Alam30-09-198403-02-19916Syed Saadat Ali Shah04-09-198211-08-19845Dr. Dilshad Najmuddin05-07-197728-08-19824Comdr. M.A.R. Arif26-09-197404-07-19773Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Khan13-03-197312-04-19742Mr. Masroor Hassan07-02-197225-05-19721Ch. Fazal-E-Haq01-07-197017-01-1972

See also Frontier Corps, the paramilitary law enforcement wing in Balochistan Law enforcement in Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Punjab Police Sindh Police

References

External links Official website Balochistan Police