Editing Northern Light Infantry Regiment (section)

==Status and composition==
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Upon its founding, the Northern Light Infantry regiment was to function as a [[Civil Armed Forces|paramilitary force]], at par with the [[Pakistan Rangers]] and [[Frontier Corps]], under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Ministry of Interior]] and commanded by regular [[Pakistan Army]] officers. In 1967 and 1970, two battalions of the NLI were airlifted and deployed to [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], for internal security duties such as riot control and aiding civil authorities during an [[Elections in Pakistan|election-related]] period of violence. The regiment's performance during this time earned them a commendation from [[Ayub Khan (general)|Field Marshal Ayub Khan]].

By 1998, the NLI consisted of 13 battalions commanded by a [[Major general|Major-General]] of the Pakistan Army under the designation of [[Inspector general|Inspector-General]] of the NLI, whose office was the Inspectorate-General of NLI reporting to the [[X Corps (Pakistan)|GOC, X Corps]] as well as the Pakistani Interior Minister.