<P> Rangers are formally supervised by Special Security Unit, National Crises Management Cell, in the federal Ministry of Interior, but are commanded by officers on secondment from the Pakistan Army . As part of the Civil Armed Forces the Rangers can come under the operational control of army corps headquarters, not just in war time, but whenever Article 245 of the Pakistani Constitution is invoked to provide' military aid to civil power', for example in Karachi since 2015, and in Punjab since February 2017 . </P> <P> The Force is governed by Rangers Ordinance 1959 . </P> <P> The origins and roots of Rangers dates back to 1942, when the British government established a special unit as the Sindh Police Rangers . </P> <P> After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the protection of its eastern boundaries was allotted to particular forces, such as the Punjab Border Police Force, Bahawalpur State Police, Khairpur State Police and Sindh Rifles . </P>

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