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{{Short description|Pakistani paramilitary force}}
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| unit_name = Shawal Rifles
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| start_date = 1972<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bulletin/YaQrAAAAYAAJ |title=The Bulletin |volume=47-48 |issue=185-192 |page=20 |date=1996 |author= |publisher=Military Historical Society (Great Britain) |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>
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| command_structure = [[Frontier Corps]] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South)
| garrison = [[Razmak]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/FATA_Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas/MkBuAAAAMAAJ |title=FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan): A Socio-cultural and Geo-political History |page=269 |date=2003 |last=Mohmand |first=Sher Mohammad Khan |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>
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The '''Shawal Rifles''' is a paramilitary regiment, forming part of the [[Pakistan]]i [[Frontier Corps]] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-6%20Dated%2005-02-2020.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III. |page=117 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=20 September 2019 |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref> The Rifles are tasked with defending the border with [[Afghanistan]] and assisting with law enforcement in the districts adjacent to the border. The regiment had a 2020/21 budget of {{PKR|1.85 billion|link=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://na.gov.pk/uploads/1591967197_724.pdf |title=Federal Budget 2020–2021: Details of demands for grants and appropriations |volume=3 |page=2539 |publisher=[[National Assembly of Pakistan]] |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The regiment was raised in 1972 as the North West Waziristan Scouts but this was changed to the shorter current title.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Valiant_Scouts/b1zfAAAAMAAJ |title=The Valiant Scouts: The Frontier Corps (N.W.F.P.) |page=37 |date=1997 |last=Khan |first=Mohammad Nawaz |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> The name alludes to the [[Shawal Valley]] in [[North Waziristan]]. In August 1973 the regiment was posted to the abandoned Razmak Camp, and work was carried out to restore the military base.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Defence_Journal/6IPfAAAAMAAJ |title=Defence Journal |volume=18 |issue=1-11 |page=38 |date=1992 |author= |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

In the early 21st century, the Rifles have been involved in anti-drugs operations. In 2011-2012, the unit received a number of drug testing kits to assist in their work against drug smuggling.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unodc.org/documents/pakistan/Precursors_report_25_feb_2011.pdf |title=Equipping Pakistan's Law Enforcement For Interdiction |date=25 February 2011 |publisher=[[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]]}}</ref>

In October 2017 a vehicle of the regiment was attacked in Razmak, resulting in the deaths of three personnel and injuries to a further seven. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1362837 |title=Three soldiers martyred in North Waziristan attack |date=10 October 2017 |author=Pazir Gul |publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)]] |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

==Units==
* Headquarters Wing
* 195 Wing<ref name=gazette20200129>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-5%20Dated%2029-01-2020.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part III. |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=29 January 2020 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref>{{rp|96}}
* 196 Wing<ref name=gazette20200129/>{{rp|96}}

==References==
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{{Frontier Corps}}

[[Category:Military units and formations of British India]]
[[Category:Regiments of the Frontier Corps]]
[[Category:Swat District]]

Shawal Rifles - Revision history

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