Gilgit Baltistan Scouts گلگت بلتستان سکاؤٹس | |
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Common name | GB Scouts |
Motto | مدافع الجبل Defenders of the North |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 2003 |
Preceding agencies | |
Annual budget | Rs. 2.1 billion (2020)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Federal agency | Pakistan |
Operations jurisdiction | Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Governing body | Ministry of the Interior |
General nature | |
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Operational structure | |
Overseen by | Pakistan Army |
Headquarters | Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan |
Elected officer responsible |
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Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Civil Armed Forces |
Website | |
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The Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts, are a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan, tasked with law enforcement in the nominally autonomous territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and border guard duties. The force was formed in 2003 under the control of the Interior Ministry of Pakistan, but it claims a tradition dating back to the Gilgit Scouts formed during the British Raj era.[2] However, the earlier Scouts unit is now a full infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army (see Northern Light Infantry Regiment, which mostly operates in the same region as the current Scouts.