Ahmad Shuja Pasha

Lieutenant General
Ahmad Shuja Pasha
احمد شجاع پاشا
Ahmed Shuja Pasha in 2008
24th Director General of the ISI
In office
October 2008 – March 2012
Preceded byNadeem Taj
Succeeded byZaheerul Islam
Director General of Military Operations
GHQ (Pakistan)
In office
April 2006 – October 2008
Commandant
Command and Staff College Quetta
In office
April 2005 – April 2006
General Officer Commanding 8th Infantry Division, Sialkot
In office
January 2003 – April 2005
Contingent and Sector Commander United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
In office
2001–2002
Personal details
Born (1952-03-18) 18 March 1952 (age 72)
Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
NicknameGeneral Pasha
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1974–2012
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitFrontier Force Regiment
Commands
Battles/wars
AwardsHilal-e-Imtiaz

Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha (Urdu: احمد شجاع پاشا), HI(M) (born 18 March 1952) is a retired three-star rank army general of the Pakistan Army. He was the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the main intelligence service of Pakistan from October 2008 until March 2012.[1] He was due to reach the age of superannuation on 18 March 2011 but received an extension of one year,[2] and retired in March 2012.[3] Pasha was replaced by Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam.[4] In 2011, Pasha was named as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine.[5][6]

General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, emerged as fiercely hostile to Washington in his final year engaging in "shouting matches" with then CIA Director Leon Panetta, cutting cooperation down to a minimum and ordering the harassment of U.S. diplomats in Pakistan.

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  2. ^ "ISI chief, four commanders retiring this year". DAWN.com. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ^ Khan, Sumaira. "Pasha retires: A look back at the man behind the ISI mask – The Express Tribune". Tribune. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Spies have a new ma…". archive.ph. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Ahmed Shuja Pasha: Intelligence Chief". Time. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  6. ^ "ISI chief may visit India to help probe". Hindustan Times. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2011.