Orakzai Scouts

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Orakzai Scouts
Urdu: اورکزئی سکاؤٹس
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Active1 August 2007
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Allegiance Arms of Pakistan.svg Ministry of Interior
Branch Frontier Corps
Type Regiment
Role Border patrol
Counterterrorism
COIN
Law enforcement
Size6 Wings
Part of Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South)
Garrison/HQ Kalaya
Motto(s)بريالی,'Victorious'
Engagements
Commanders
Previous commandantRai Kashif Amin [1]

The Orakzai Scouts is a regiment sized unit of the Frontier Corps KPK (south)'s South-Western Sector Headquarters. The unit guards the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in various areas and also supports law & order within Orakzai District. [2] [3]

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History

The regiment was raised in 2007 by colonel Arshad Mehmood. [2] The Scouts have been involved in anti-drug smuggling operations. In 2011-2012, the unit received a number of drug testing kits, through a United Nations program, to assist in their work against drug smuggling. [4] One initiative in August 2021 saw the Scouts 235 Wing organise training to help farmers find alternatives to poppy cultivation such as mushroom farming. [5]

The regiment has been involved in combatting the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Shortly after the start of Operation Khyber by the Pakistani military, eight soldiers were killed in November 2014, when militants attacked a check post. Twenty militants were killed in an immediate counterattack by the regiment. [6]

In July 2019 members of the regiment helped rescue up to 47 injured people and retrieved the bodies of 8 children, after they became trapped in a collapsed house following a rainstorm. [7]

The regiment has also engaged in local culture recently. In partnership with provincial and local government bodies in March 2022, it organised a two-day local sports festival in Kalaya including a kabbadi competition. [1] [8] The Commandant attended a motoring event in December 2022. [9]

Structure

The unit is composed of a headquarters wing with six battalion-sized maneuver wings and a special operations group. It had a 2020/21 budget of Rs. 1.83 billion [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Two-day Orakzai Festival concludes". Pakistan Observer. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Making history: Orakzai Scouts to be permanently deployed". The Express Tribune. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Qadri, Azam. AZMARI DA GHRONO (THE MOUNTAIN LIONS). PARAMOUNT BOOKS.
  4. ↑ "Equipping Pakistan's Law Enforcement For Interdiction" (PDF). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "KP govt starts mushroom cultivation to promote high-income, legal work". Pakistan Today. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Check post attacked: Eight troops, 20 militants killed in Orakzai clash". The Express Tribune. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Eight children among 14 killed in rain-related incidents in KP". Dawn. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Orakzai sports, culture festival concludes amid fun". Daily Times. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Federal Budget 2020–2021: Details of demands for grants and appropriations" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. p. 2540. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  11. 1 2 "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  12. 1 2 "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  13. 1 2 "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 20 September 2019. p. 116. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 19 August 2020. p. 659. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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