Badar Rifles
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| Badar Rifles | |
|---|---|
| Urdu: بَدر رائفلز | |
| Founded | August 2015 |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Allegiance |  Civil Armed Forces |
| Branch | Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) |
| Type | Scouts |
| Role | Border Patrol Law Enforcement |
| Size | 6 Wings |
| Part of | Sector HQ South-West |
| Headquarters | Spinwam |
| Nickname | BR |
| Motto | Pashto: د الله زمریان (The Lions of Allah) |
| Engagements | |
The Badar Rifles is a paramilitary unit of the Frontier Corps KPK-South.[1][2]
The unit was founded on an ad hoc basis in August 2015 at South Waziristan as a single winged unit under the command of Colonel R. M. Saddique-Ur-Rehman of the Pakistan Army with its initial makeshift headquarters at Mirali. Over the years, the unit was expanded with establishments of new wings. In June 2016, its HQ was shifted from Mirali to its own dedicated headquarters at the Spinwam Fort. The unit was officially raised as the Bhittani Rifles on 12 August 2017 however it got renamed as the Badar Rifles in 2020.[1][2]
