  {"id":1631,"date":"2008-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2008-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T04:00:00","slug":"profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 150px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/humanresources\/personnel\/images\/medley.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Medley, director of 91短视频's Intensive English Program\" \/><br \/>Dr. Mike Medley, director of the Intensive English Program (IEP) at 91短视频 <\/div>\n<p>An 91短视频 and a James Madison University professor will offer their views on Pakistan-US relations after the elections in a presentation, &quot;A Million Cups of Tea,&quot; to be held 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 19, in Martin Chapel of the <a href=\"\/seminary\/\">seminary<\/a> building at 91短视频. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/medley?ssi=iep\"> Dr. Mike Medley<\/a>, director of the <a href=\"\/iep\/\">Intensive English Program<\/a> (IEP) at 91短视频, and Dr. Ehsan Ahmed, chair of the economics department at JMU, will present &quot;outsider&quot; and &quot;insider&quot; views, respectively, based on their personal experiences in Pakistan. <\/p>\n<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 150px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/ehsan-ahmed.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ehsan Ahmed, chair of the economics department at JMU\" \/><br \/>Dr. Ehsan Ahmed, chair of the economics department at JMU <\/div>\n<p> A general election was held in Pakistan on Feb. 18 after being postponed from Jan. 8, the original date to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (the nation&#8217;s parliament. <\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s two main opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) won the majority of seats in the election, although the Pakistan Muslim League actually was second in the popular vote. The PPP and PML are expected to form the new government. <\/p>\n<p> Medley was a Presbyterian missionary in Pakistan for 11 years before joining the 91短视频 faculty. Last spring he was a visiting faculty member in the English departement at Forman Christian College there. Dr. Ahmed is a leader in the local Islamic Center and president of the Shenandoah Valley Pak-American Society. <\/p>\n<p> Refreshments will be served. Admission is free. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mike Medley, director of the Intensive English Program (IEP) at 91短视频 An 91短视频 and a James Madison University professor will offer their views on Pakistan-US relations after the elections <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,12508,5593],"tags":[17219,10588,10637,5997,10786,10830,7609],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-1631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-iep","category-intercultural","tag-business-and-economics","tag-elections","tag-forman-christian-college","tag-james-madison-university","tag-mike-medley","tag-pakistan","tag-shenandoah-valley"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections - 91短视频 News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections - 91短视频 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Mike Medley, director of the Intensive English Program (IEP) at 91短视频 An 91短视频 and a James Madison University professor will offer their views on Pakistan-US relations after the elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"91短视频 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-03-17T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/humanresources\/personnel\/images\/medley.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@91短视频_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@91短视频_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/\",\"name\":\"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections - 91短视频 News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-17T04:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\",\"name\":\"91短视频 News\",\"description\":\"News from the 91短视频 community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections - 91短视频 News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections - 91短视频 News","og_description":"Dr. Mike Medley, director of the Intensive English Program (IEP) at 91短视频 An 91短视频 and a James Madison University professor will offer their views on Pakistan-US relations after the elections","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/","og_site_name":"91短视频 News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2008-03-17T04:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/humanresources\/personnel\/images\/medley.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@91短视频_News","twitter_site":"@91短视频_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/","name":"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections - 91短视频 News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-03-17T04:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/profs-to-reflect-on-pakistani-elections\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"91短视频 News","description":"News from the 91短视频 community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}