7th Infantry Division ( Pakistan ) The 7th Infantry Division , also known as the Golden Arrow ( after its formation sign ) and Peshawar Division , ( after its garrison city ) is the Pakistan Army ' s oldest and most battle - hardened division . The officer s and men of the Golden Arrow Division have fought in all of Pakistan ' s Wars and have an unmatched combat service record . Second World War origins . The division was raised on 1 October 1940 at Attock , in present - day Pakistan as the 7th Indian Infantry Division , part of the British Indian Army . Its formation sign was an arrow , pointing bottom left to top right , in yellow on a black background . The division was known as the " Golden Arrow " division from this sign . After initially training for operations in the deserts in the Middle East , in early 1943 it was reassigned to the Burma Campaign . After extensive training and preparation , it fought in the Arakan from December 1943 . After the divisional HQ was overrun by a Japanese attack , units of the division took part in the Battle of the Admin Box . The division later moved to Assam and fought in the Battle of Kohima . In 1945 it played a prominent part in the Battle of Central Burma and the subsequent advance down the Irrawaddy River . After the war ended , the division moved to Thailand , where it disarmed the Japanese occupying army , and liberated and repatriated Allied prisoners of war . From 1947 with Pakistan . Upon the Partition of India in 1947 , the division under the command of Frederick Loftus - Tottenham , was one of two allocated to the new Pakistan army . The 7th Infantry Division is currently being commanded by Major General Ali Abbas . The Division first saw action during the Indo - Pakistan War of 1948 , where it fought and captured some territory in the Poonch sector . In the intervening years , the formation became part of the Pakistan Army ' s strategic reserve . At the outbreak of the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 , the Peshawar Division was commanded by a native Peshawarite ; Major General Yahya Khan . In it , the Golden Arrow ' s were the lead division of the Operation Grandslam , where they and two divisions which had been placed under the division ' s command managed to achieve the most dramatic breakthrough of the war when they defeated the Indian formations in front of them , capturing the district of Chamb , and pushed up to a position 6 km beyond Jammu City , by the end of hostilities . Its commander , General Yahya Khan would be awarded the Hilal - e - Jurat for this achievement . During Black September in 1970 the Jordanian Government asked the Pakistan Government to assist in putting down the Palestinian uprising . The Peshawar Division was dispatched to Jordan where it would be placed under the command of the Pakistani attaché ; Muhammad Zia ul - Haq ( later President of Pakistan , and would restore order and government control in Jordan . 6 years later , during the Indo - Pakistan War of 1971 the Peshawar Division would once again be called into action . Once again Pakistan ' s strategic reserve , along with 1st Armoured Division , would not see action as a unit but many of its sub - units would enter combat in various sectors . The formation would go overseas for the third time in its history ( and for the second time as a Pakistani division ) when it deployed with two brigades to Saudi Arabia for the 1991 Gulf War . It would be the better part of a decade , before the formation would get the call to arms again , but when it came it was at the highest battlefield of the world , and several units would serve in that area . In 1999 during the Kargil War , the division was sent as a reinforcement to the Gultari area . After 9 / 11 , and the United States led invasion of Afghanistan , the Golden Arrows would be called into a period of almost continuous action in difficult and mountainous terrain , carrying out operations in Waziristan and the North West Frontier Province ( now called : Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa ) , against Al - Qaeda and Taliban escaping from Afghanistan . Most of the Al - Qaeda operatives have been captured by elements of this formation . Under its corps headquarters , XI Corps , the Division is now taking part in the 2009 South Waziristan offensive . Order of battle . It is unsure what the exact composition of the formation is , since the Peshawar Division has received several additional troops during the ongoing war on terror , but the peacetime order of battle is : Locations and designations of brigades are not confirmed .