Christmas | Pakistan

As Christmas approaches, people around the globe have been preparing for the holiday season by buying decorations and food, praying, and presenting gifts to one another. This Christmas Eve featured multiple events celebrating the upcoming holiday, with the erection of giant Christmas trees, parades in cultural attire, and gatherings in cities around the world. People visit St. Anthony’s Church, decorated on Christmas Eve, in Lahore on December 24. — AFP An ice skating rink and Christmas tree are set up at the LA Live Plaza at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, the US on December 23. — Reuters Vendors sit in front of their shop selling Christmas decorations in Hanoi, Vietnam on December 24. — AFP A cyclist passes near a giant Christmas in Abidjan, in Cote d’Ivoire on December 23, ahead of Christmas. — AFP A four-year-old elephant named Samu is fed a Christmas tree with fruits and vegetables at Budapest Zoo and Botanic Garden in Budapest, Hungary on December 23. — AFP Young women take a selfie in ...

The hall at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington glowed in Christmas colours on Saturday evening. Red and gold decorations framed the space, while green — the unmistakable green of Pakistan — appeared everywhere: in flags, ribbons and lapel pins. White lights shimmered softly, echoing both the season and the crescent-and-star that defines the country these guests continue to call their own. The pre-Christmas gathering, hosted for Pakistani Christians and their neighbours, began and ended with a chant that left little doubt about that bond: “Pakistan Zindabad.” It was not a slogan offered for form’s sake. It was spoken with warmth, conviction, and an insistence born of long experience. For more than a decade, speakers noted, such gatherings have brought together Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Jews — a quiet tradition of interfaith fellowship that has survived politics, violence and neglect. A message from the Virginia governor praised the organisers’ work over the past twelve years and encouraged the emb...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi, the judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Thursday joined employees and security staff from the Christian Community in marking the joyous occasion of Christmas by cutting a festive cake at a special ceremony held at the Supreme.

Kate honours community spirit in Christmas service

Peshawar - Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi on Monday assured a representative delegation of the minority community that a Christmas Day event would be arranged at the Governor House Peshawar.

VEHARI - On the special directives of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Christmas grant cheques were distributed among deserving members of the Christian community in Vehari.