Faheem Khalid Lodhi V. Regina (Terrorism‪)‬

Introduction Faheem Khalid Lodhi was charged with four discrete terrorism-related offences under three sections of the Commonwealth Criminal Code (1) ('the Code'): s 101.4, s 101.5 and s 101.6, all of which relate to the procurement and possession of articles in preparation for a 'terrorist act'. Born into a 'well-established family' (2) in the Punjab region of Pakistan, Mr Lodhi graduated from Lahore University with a degree in architecture. In 1998, he emigrated to Australia and enrolled at the University of Sydney, completing additional subjects that allowed him to graduate with a Bachelor of Architecture from that institution in 2000. At the time of his arrest in April 2004, he was in his mid-thirties and working at an architecture firm in Alexandria, Sydney.