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However, they can also be commanded by officers on secondment from the Pakistan Army. Rangers are formally supervised by the Special Security Unit in the National Crises Management Cell, under the federal Ministry of Interior of Pakistan.

Consequently, the LoC is not managed by the paramilitary Punjab Rangers, but by the regular Pakistan Army. The mutually-recognized India–Pakistan international border is different from the disputed and heavily militarized Line of Control (LoC), where the Pakistani province of Punjab adjoins Jammu and Kashmir (a conflict territory between India and Pakistan) and the undisputed international border effectively ends. Most famously each evening, the Punjab Rangers, together with their Indian counterparts in the Border Security Force, participate in an elaborate flag lowering ceremony at the Wagah− Attari border crossing near Lahore. The two forces operate under their own separate chains of command and wear distinct uniforms. As such, the Pakistan Rangers are responsible for guarding Pakistan's international border with neighbouring India the Punjab Rangers patrol 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) of the border running along Pakistan's Punjab province, while the Sindh Rangers patrol around the remainder, some 912 kilometres (567 mi) running along Pakistan's Sindh province. "Rangers" is an umbrella term for the Pakistan Rangers − Punjab and Pakistan Rangers − Sindh (colloquially referred to as the Punjab Rangers and Sindh Rangers, respectively), with the former headquartered in Lahore, Punjab and the latter headquartered in Karachi, Sindh-the two provinces of Pakistan in which each respective force has operational jurisdiction. Their primary purpose is to secure and defend sites of significance in the country, although they are also usually involved in major internal and external security operations with the regular Pakistani military and provide assistance to municipal and provincial police forces to maintain law and order against crime, terrorism and unrest. The Pakistan Rangers ( Urdu: پاکستان رینجرز‎) are a paramilitary federal law enforcement organization in Pakistan, operating under the authority of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan. Major General Iftikhar Hassan Ch., Director-General, Sindh.General Syed Asif Hussain, Director-General, Punjab.