What happens at this centre
The Army Selection & Recruitment Centre, Gilgit is where your Army journey physically begins. Everything up to ISSB happens within these gates:
- Registration & document check - CNIC/B-Form, domicile and educational certificates are verified against your online registration.
- Initial test - intelligence (verbal & non-verbal) plus academic MCQs. Many centres now use computerised e-testing.
- Physical test - 1.6 km run, push-ups, chin-ups and ditch crossing, conducted the same day or the next morning.
- Medical examination - height, weight, chest, vision, ENT and general fitness screening by military doctors.
- Preliminary interview - a short personality interview before your file goes forward (officer candidates then await the ISSB call letter).
Test day tips
- Reach before the reporting time on your roll slip - latecomers are sent back at the gate.
- Carry originals plus two photocopy sets of every document.
- Bring your own clipboard, pens and a water bottle for the physical.
- Wear joggers and comfortable clothes - you may run the same day.
- Keep your fee receipt and roll number slip in your hand, not the bag.
- Sleep well the night before; the initial test rewards a fresh mind.
Home ground of the Northern Light Infantry
Gilgit's centre is the sole recruiting gate for Gilgit-Baltistan, and its sons join a heritage that walks on high ground - the Northern Light Infantry's battle honours were written at altitudes where other soldiers need acclimatisation just to stand. The GB Scouts quota applies relaxed standards, and local candidates' mountain conditioning shows up where it counts: on the run and the ditch, valley legs barely raise a sweat. The harder battles here are logistical. Candidates from Hunza, Skardu or Chilas travel the Karakoram Highway, and winter landslides or the odd closed pass can swallow a reporting date, so travel a full day early in season and keep your documents dry in a polythene wallet - mountain rain is sudden. The GB quota page lists which trades open each cycle. Officer candidates travel to ISSB Kohat when the board letter arrives.
Relevant jobs at this centre: GB Scouts · Technical Trade · Nursing Assistant · Soldier Clerk.
Exact address & helpline: centre locations and phone numbers change with cantonment arrangements. Confirm the current address through the official portal joinpakarmy.gov.pk or your district’s advertised notice before travelling.