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Lieutenant General
Ahmad Shuja Pasha
HI(M)
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
(1952-03-18) 18 March 1952 (age 72) 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
Commands
8th Infantry Division Sialkot
Command and Staff College
DG Military Operations
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
Battles/wars
Sierra Leone Civil War
War in North-West Pakistan
Awards
Hilal-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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^"ISI chief, four commanders retiring this year". DAWN.com. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
^Khan, Sumaira. "Pasha retires: A look back at the man behind the ISI mask – The Express Tribune". Tribune. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
^"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.
^"Ahmed Shuja Pasha: Intelligence Chief". Time. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
^"ISI chief may visit India to help probe". Hindustan Times. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
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