Ahmad Shuja Pasha
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. He was due to reach the age of superannuation on 18 March 2011 but received an extension of one year, and retired in March 2012. Pasha was replaced by Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam. In 2011, Pasha was named as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine.
Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha | |
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| احمد شجاع پاشا | |
Ahmed Shuja Pasha in 2008 | |
| Director General of the ISI | |
| In office October 2008 – March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Nadeem Taj |
| Succeeded by | Zaheerul Islam |
| Director General of Military Operations at GHQ | |
| 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 | 18 March 1952 Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nickname | General Pasha |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1974–2012 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Frontier Force Regiment |
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| Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz |
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.