Lalak Jan


Lalak Jan

Tomb of Lalak Jan, Yasin Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan
Native name
حولدار لالک جان
Born1 April 1967 (1967-04)
Yasin Valley, Gilgit–Baltistan,
West Pakistan
Died7 July 1999(1999-07-07) (aged 32)
Buried
Hundur, Yasin Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan
Allegiance Pakistan
Service / branch Pakistan Army
Years of service1984–1999
Rank Havildar
Unit12 Northern Light Infantry
Battles / warsKargil War 
Awards Nishan-e-Haider

Havaldar Lalak Jan (Urdu: حولدار لالک جان) (April 1967 – July 1999) was a Pakistani soldier from the Northern Light Infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. He is the 10th and most recent recipient of Pakistan's highest military honour, the Nishan-e-Haider, awarded for his bravery and gallant actions during the Kargil War, where he was killed in action. Lalak Jan was from the village of Hundur in the Yasin Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan, a province of Pakistan.