Ahmad Shuja Pasha

For other people named Ahmad Pasha, see Ahmad Pasha (disambiguation).

Lieutenant General
Ahmad Shuja Pasha
HI(M)
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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  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.