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The Northern Light Infantry (NLI) is a Light Infantry
Light infantry

Traditionally light infantry were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, Harassment and delaying the enemy advance....
 Regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 of the Pakistan Army
Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan within the framework of its international obligations....
. Headquartered in Skardu
Skardu

Skardu is the principal town of the region Baltistan and the capital of Skardu District, one of the districts making up Pakistan's Northern Areas....
, the capital of Baltistan
Baltistan

Baltistan , also known as ?????? in the Balti language, is a region in northern Pakistan , bordering Xinjiang Autonomous regions of China of People's Republic of China....
, it is the main force protecting the strategically important northern areas of Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
. The majority of this regiment's personnel come from native Gilgitis, Baltis
Balti people

The Balti are a people of Tibetan people descent with some Dardic admixture whose population of 300,000 is found in northern Pakistan as well as scattered around in numerous colonies in the country's major urban centres such as Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad/Rawalpindi; a smaller number of Baltis live across the line of control in the Karg...
, Brushos, Wakhis and Khowars. It was formed in 1971 with the amalgamation of the Northern Scouts along with its Scout wings: the Karakoram Scouts, Northern Scouts and Gilgit Scouts.

The Northern Light Infantry was made a regular regiment of the Pakistan army after its performance in the Kargil War
Kargil War

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an war between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir....
 in 1999; prior to this it was a paramilitary force.






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The Northern Light Infantry (NLI) is a Light Infantry
Light infantry

Traditionally light infantry were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, Harassment and delaying the enemy advance....
 Regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 of the Pakistan Army
Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan within the framework of its international obligations....
. Headquartered in Skardu
Skardu

Skardu is the principal town of the region Baltistan and the capital of Skardu District, one of the districts making up Pakistan's Northern Areas....
, the capital of Baltistan
Baltistan

Baltistan , also known as ?????? in the Balti language, is a region in northern Pakistan , bordering Xinjiang Autonomous regions of China of People's Republic of China....
, it is the main force protecting the strategically important northern areas of Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
. The majority of this regiment's personnel come from native Gilgitis, Baltis
Balti people

The Balti are a people of Tibetan people descent with some Dardic admixture whose population of 300,000 is found in northern Pakistan as well as scattered around in numerous colonies in the country's major urban centres such as Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad/Rawalpindi; a smaller number of Baltis live across the line of control in the Karg...
, Brushos, Wakhis and Khowars. It was formed in 1971 with the amalgamation of the Northern Scouts along with its Scout wings: the Karakoram Scouts, Northern Scouts and Gilgit Scouts.

The Northern Light Infantry was made a regular regiment of the Pakistan army after its performance in the Kargil War
Kargil War

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an war between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir....
 in 1999; prior to this it was a paramilitary force. During the conflict, the NLI earned two Nishan-e-Haider
Nishan-e-Haider

Nishan-e-Haider , is the highest military award given by Military of Pakistan. It is awarded to military personnel for extraordinary courage and valour beyond the call of duty in face of adversity in defence of the motherland....
s, Pakistan's highest military decoration.

The current colonel commandant of the Northern Light Infantry Regiment is Lt General Mohsin Kamal, who is the current commander, X Corps, Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi

is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the Subdivisions of Pakistan of Punjab . The area was home to the pre-historic Soanian culture indigenous to this region....
 and former commander Force Command Northern Areas (FCNA), Gilgit
Gilgit

Gilgit is a city in Northern PakistanGilgit may refer to other terms related with the area of the city:* Gilgit River* Gilgit Valley...
. He was installed on 30 April, 2008 by the former colonel commandant Lt General Safdar Hussain, former commander XI Corps, Peshawar.