On 3rd June Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri handed over 10 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to the Balochistan Levies and promised to earmark funds for 20 more APCs in the coming fiscal budget.
The APCs cost Rs29m each and, were purchased from the Ordnance Factory in Wah. The chief minister handed over the vehicles to Levies Director General Saleh Mohammad Nasar.
Balochistan Levies is a paramilitary force in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It operates as a law enforcement agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the province. The levies force has jurisdiction in some districts of Balochistan. The force has its origins back in the days of the British Raj, and has continued to function for over a century.
Areas which are manned by and are under the control of the Levies are called "B-Areas" while those under the control of the Balochistan Police are dubbed "A-Areas".
It is headed by a director-general and is mostly constituted by local security personnel, including Baloch officers. During the regime of Pervez Musharraf, the Balochistan Levies had been disbanded and merged into the provincial police force. It was restored in 2010.