Ahmad Shuja Pasha
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Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha HI(M) |
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| احمد شجاع پاشا | |
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| Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence | |
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In office October 2008 – March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Nadeem Taj |
| Succeeded by | Zaheerul Islam |
| Commandant Command and Staff College Quetta | |
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In office April 2005 – April 2006 |
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| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Preceded by | Maj Gen Mohsin Kamal |
| Succeeded by | Maj Gen Khalid Nawaz Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 March 1952 Sialkot, Punjab Province, West-Pakistan |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | General Pasha |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan |
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1974–2012 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant-General
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| Unit | Frontier Force Regiment |
| Commands | 8th Infantry Division, Sialkot Command and Staff College, Quetta DG Military Operations (DGMO) United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone Command and Staff College |
| 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 March 18,1952) 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 March 18, 2010 but received an extension of one year. and retired in March 2012. Pasha has been replaced by Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam. In 2011, Ahmad Shuja Pasha was named as one of the 100 most influential people by Time Magazine.
Pasha joined the 49th Long Course at Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Frontier Force Regiment, in 1974. He has commanded an infantry battalion, a mechanized infantry brigade and has served as the Chief Instructor of the Command and Staff College of the Pakistani Army. From 2001 to 2002, Lt. General Pasha served as a Contingent and Sector Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone.
Pasha was promoted to Major General on January 5 2003, and posted as GOC 8th Infantry Division in Sialkot. In April 2005, he was appointed the Commandant of the Command and Staff College in Quetta. From April 2006 to October 2008, Pasha served as the Director General of Military Operations at the Army headquarters overseeing all military engagements in Waziristan, Swat and other tribal areas.
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