Annam Lodhi – Soch Writing

Where are students supposed to live?

Annam Lodhi — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 04:00:59 +0000

LAST OCTOBER, OSTENSIBLYacting on a tip received on the citizens portal, authorities stormed a house in Islamabad’s E-11 sector. It was early afternoon but the residents—students with typically muddled schedules—were mostly asleep. Startled, they rubbed their eyes open to the sight of their housemates being dragged outside by uniformed officers. One boy struggled to free […]

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She had a child through a sperm donor. Nadra refuses to recognise it.

Annam Lodhi — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:00:52 +0000

AREEBA* MOVED TOPakistan in 2014. Her parents were Pakistani, but she had been raised abroad and had made a life for herself there, working in social housing, and raising a young daughter. Creeping austerity and a sudden redundancy at work compelled her to look east; she had fond memories of her visits to Pakistan as […]

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A Web of Disinformation

Annam Lodhi — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:00:22 +0000

Over 265 fake local news sites in more than 65 countries are managed by an Indian network, designed to influence the European Union and the United Nations by criticizing Pakistan.

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Something stinks in the Capital

Annam Lodhi — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:24:52 +0000

On August 14, a blanket ban on plastic bags was imposed in the federal capital. Islamabad’s two million residents each use between three and four plastic bags a day. Soch investigates the plastic ban.

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Silencing Kashmir

Annam Lodhi — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:00:41 +0000

Social media platforms are silencing dissenting Kashmiri voices. Soch investigates how, and why.

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One Khokha, One Thousand Lives

Annam Lodhi — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:27:39 +0000

Islamabad’s khokhas provide the poor with free drinking water, affordable food, and for the most part they are licensed. Why then is the CDA so adamant to shut them down?

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Silencing journalists, one tweet at a time

Annam Lodhi — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 07:17:12 +0000

Who began #ArrestAntiPakJournalists on Twitter? What did they hope to achieve?

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