Lodi’s third annual Pakistani Independence Day celebration has been cancelled.

(Pakistani Celebration in Lodi Canceled, Sara Cardine, Lodi News-Sentinel, August 3, 2005)

According to Nawaz Shah, a former member the South Asian Culture Club that helped organize the first event, “everyone is too busy.”

But former Lodi City Manager Dixon Flynn reflected the majority opinion when he said, “Because of all the recent scrutiny … they’re probably hesitant to come out in front of (the public eye).”

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2005/07/06/terrorism/1_khan_050706.txt?id=3cb00699d4b6729a7ac0ebf4ac158517

Also see related story wherein the attorney for terrorist suspect, Wazhma Mojadiddi claims that federal investigators have misinterpreted the Arabic phrase “Let us be at their throats” found in his client Hamid Hayat’s wallet.

(“Islamic Passage Used as Evidence in Lodi Terror-Related Case May Have Deeper Meaning,” Sara Cardine, Lodi News-Sentinel, August 3, 2005)