Editing Northern Light Infantry Regiment (section)

==Formation==
The Northern Light Infantry has its origins in the [[Gilgit Scouts]] raised by [[British Raj|British India]] in 1913 for defending the [[princely state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s northern frontier. The Scouts, along with rebels in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Rifles|Jammu and Kashmir State Forces]], fought for [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] on the northern front of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948|First Kashmir War]], conquering important points of interest such as [[Skardu]], [[Kargil]] and [[Drass, Ladakh|Drass]] (the latter two were subsequently captured by the [[Indian Army]]). In 1949, the Gilgit Scouts were split into two forces, with the wing under the original name 'Gilgit Scouts' designated for internal security operations, and a second wing, named the 'Northern Scouts', designated for major external operations. In 1964, the Northern Scouts were further bifurcated with the raising of the 'Karakoram Scouts' based in Skardu. All three forces were brought together again in 1975, under the banner of the [[Northern Light Infantry]] (then a paramilitary force). Following the 1999 [[Kargil War]] with India, where the Northern Light Infantry saw extensive combat, the force was converted into a regular [[regiment]] of the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name=NLI>[https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=162 Northern Light Infantry Regiment (NLI)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325234959/https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=162 |date=2018-03-25 }}, Pakistan Army, retrieved 25 March 2018.</ref><ref name="GB Scouts">[http://www.gilgitbaltistanscouts.gov.pk/gbs%20history.htm History of Gilgit Baltistan Scouts], Gilgit Baltistan Scouts, retrieved 6 April 2018.</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Snedden |first=Christopher |title=Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5KMCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA255 |year=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-84904-342-7 |ref={{sfnref|Snedden, Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris|2015}} |page=255}}</ref>

A new paramilitary force was created in 2003 under the name [[Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts]] to fill the internal security role of the former Gilgit Scouts.<ref name="GB Scouts"/>