Pasha (surname)

Pasha (Urdu: پاشا) is a Persian honorary title that has since also become a surname of Muslim elites in Pakistan ,India and Iran. Notable individuals with the surname include:

• Abdul Aziz Pasha (died 2001), Bangladeshi army officer convicted for this role in the assassination of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
• Ahmad Shuja Pasha (born 1952), retired three-star general in the Pakistan Army
• Anwar Kamal Pasha (1925–1987), pioneer in the Pakistan film industry and an early Pakistani film director and producer
• Hafeez Pasha (economist), Pakistani economist, politician and government minister
• Hasan Raza Pasha, Pakistani Punjabi lawyer
• Juliana Pasha (born 1980), Albanian singer
• Kamran Pasha, American Hollywood screenwriter, director and novelist of Pakistani origin
• Mansha Pasha (born 1987), Pakistani actress and television presenter
• Muhammad Ghous Pasha, Pakistani actor and model
• Zeynab Pasha, Iranian woman during the Qajar dynasty in late 19th century, most notable for her role in the Tobacco Protest, the beginning of the Iran Constitutional Revolution, for leading a group of women in an uprising in the city of Tabriz