Tag: Christmas

Candle-lit Christmas Masses all over the city in every church, glowing tinsel and decorated houses with stars on top brightened the city on Christmas...

Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, is being celebrated in the federal capital as well as all over the world today...

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Farkhand Iqbal on Saturday said the Christian community was playing a pivotal role in the development of the...

The government will deploy snipers and hundreds of extra police at churches this Christmas to prevent possible attacks on Christian minority, police said on...

The Punjab government will set up Christmas bazaars to facilitate the Christian community ahead of Christmas. These bazaars would be set up in all...

The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) is set to dole out bonuses to all 10,000 workers on Christmas Eve. Bonuses would be given to...

The annual Christmas function was held by the Lahore Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) on Thursday as the Christmas celebrations begin across the city....

A Christian rights group on Thursday urged cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan to scrap a major rally planned for Christmas Day, calling the...

LONDON - Coptic Christians around the world are on alert for possible copycat attacks ahead of their Christmas on Friday after Islamist radicals hailed a deadly church bombing in Egypt apparently inspired by Al Qaeda.
Coptic communities point to messages on websites maintained by Islamist extremists calling for attacks on Coptic churches in various countries and a surge in sectarian anti-Christian rhetoric in statements by Al Qaeda offshoots in recent months.
The Jan. 1

Elton John and his partner have become the proud parents of a son born to a surrogate in California on Christmas Day. The boy, named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, is the first for the British rock star and Canadian filmmaker David Furnish,
who have been together since the early 1990s. "We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment," the pair has adding, "Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents." The pair

Bandra - Celina Jaitley has returned from her Egyptian safari as she was spotted shopping in Bandra on Christmas. Onlookers said that she bought some cakes and pastries and even went shopping for clothes and accessories. It looked like she was gearing up for a party.
Sources said that she wanted to throw a surprise party for her parents as she had not been in town for at least two months and wanted to make the day special for her. Post shopping she spent the full day with them

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict on Sunday condemned Christmas Day attacks on churches in Nigeria and the Philippines as absurd violence.
The pope, speaking from his window to pilgrims and tourists in St Peter's Square, said he was saddened by the attacks in the two countries as well as by as a suicide attack in Pakistan.
"I want to express my heartfelt sorrow for the victims of these absurd acts of violence and once more repeat an appeal to abandon the path of hate and seek

PESHAWAR - Christians in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Saturday celebrated Christmas with a pledge to work for Pakistan's progress, stability and peace.
Main congregations were held in Saint John Cathedral and Michel Catholic, Peshawar where need of tolerance and co-existence in society was emphasised in the Christmas sermon. The churches were decorated with lightings and buntings. Christmas trees were decorated in the Christian households

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI urged an end Saturday to conflict in the Middle East and support for the region's Christians, saying those living in Iraq needed comfort from their pain after deadly attacks.
In his traditional Christmas Day address delivered at the Vatican, the pope also called for human rights to be respected in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as for an end to the turmoil in African troublespots. And there was a plea for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula

JOS - A series of Christmas eve church attacks and explosions have left at least 14 people dead in Nigeria as authorities worked Saturday to prevent a new wave of religious violence.
The situation was especially tense in the central city of Jos, where explosions on Friday evening left at least eight people dead. The region has been previously hit by sectarian unrest that has killed hundreds this year.
In the city of Maiduguri in northern Nigeria, suspected members of an

LAHORE - Around 4,000 commandos and 2,000 policemen will be on duty at and around churches in various areas of Lahore on Christmas Eve, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Aslam Tareen said on Thursday.
He was talking to a 15-member Christian delegation led by Reverend Dr Majeed Able. The CCPO said that Lahore Police has been put on high alert on Christmas Eve and police commandos had been deployed at all churches in the city and more than 4,000 policemen would be on duty

LAHORE - Cecil Jawed is busy shopping around Liberty Market for December 25. She prances around from shop to shop trying to see which dress she would like to wear, or haggle around with shopkeepers who she thinks are charging too much.
Certainly December is a busy and chaotic month for markets. With the wedding season going on, new years approaching and now Christmas just a day away, the market is filled with people. A small hidden stall where export quality clothes hang on racks