--- title: Aqil Shah | TIME description: Aqil Shah is a professor of Political Science at McDaniel College in Maryland and the author of The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan. canonical: https://time.com/author/aqil-shah/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/aqil-shah/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Aqil Shah ## Aqil Shah Aqil Shah is a professor of Political Science at McDaniel College in Maryland and the author of _The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan._ ## Aqil Shah *  Aug 17, 2026 ### [The Other Side of Paradise: How Pakistan Crushed Protests in Kashmir](https://time.com/article/2026/08/17/pakistan-civilian-killings-protests-in-kashmir/) Kashmiris are not merely demanding lower bills and cheaper bread. They are demanding respect and rep... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/aqil-shah/","name":"Aqil Shah"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/aqil-shah/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/aqil-shah/"},"name":"Aqil Shah","jobTitle":"","description":"Aqil Shah is a professor of Political Science at McDaniel College in Maryland and the author of The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan.","url":"https://time.com/author/aqil-shah/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```