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
  • Juliana Pasha (born 1980), Albanian singer
  • Kamran Pasha (born 1972), American Hollywood screenwriter, director and novelist of Pakistani origin
  • Mansha Pasha (born 1987), Pakistani actress and television presenter
  • Muhammad Ghous Pasha (born 1982), 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

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