Badar Rifles

The Badar Rifles is a paramilitary unit of the Frontier Corps KPK-South. ^[1][2]

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(s)	BR
Motto(s)	Pashto: د الله زمریان (The Lions of Allah)
Engagements	War on Terror Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

History

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]

Overview

Commandants

Rank	Name	Begin Date	End Date	Notes
Colonel	Rana M. Saddique Rehman	2015	2017	[1]
Colonel	Tahir Hameed	2017	2019	[1]
Colonel	Anzar Hassan	2019	2020	[1]
Colonel	Sheheryar	2020	2022	[2]
Brigadier	Anjum Riaz	2022	2023	[2]
Brigadier	Iftikhar Ahmed	2023	Present	[2]

Wings

The Badar Rifles is presently made up of 6 wings. ^[2][3]

• 241 Wing
• 242 Wing
• 243 Wing
• 244 Wing
• 245 Wing
• 246 Wing

Gallantry Awards

Image	Name	Amount	Notes
	Tamgha-i-Basalat	21	[2]
	Imtiazi Sanad	6	[2]

See also

• Frontier Corps
• Territorial Defence Forces (Ukraine)
• Bajaur Scouts
• Khyber Rifles