Members of the Pakistani Christian minority parade ahead of Christmas on a road in Karachi, Pakistan, 17 December 2023. Around the world, billions of people annually celebrate Christmas on 25 December to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





Commuters make their way along a street amid dense smog in Lahore on December 18, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Afghan refugees wait to receive treatment at a free medical camp setup by HEADS and IRC NGOs in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, 19 December 2023. About 1,7 million undocumented Afghans migrants who were in Pakistan have been affected by the 01 November 2023 deadline to leave the country, given by the Pakistani government, and as a result thousands of Afghans had to leave the country in a hurry. Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Kakar said his government's decision was in response to the Afghan administration's unwillingness to take action against the main Taliban group in the Asian country, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). (Photo by Saood Rehman/EPA/EFE)





Christian devotees take part in a special mass ahead of Christmas, at a church in Lahore on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A woman attends midnight Christmas mass at St. Andrew's Church in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, December 24, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Passengers wait to board their trains at the Lahore railway station amid dense fog in Lahore on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A worker carrying basket of vegetables, crosses railway tracks on a foggy winter morning in Lahore on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A Pakistani man and his camel are silhouetted, against the last sunset of 2023 at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, December 31, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Boys play Cricket on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, December 31, 2023. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





The first sun of the New Year rises behind the Bahria Icon Tower, in Karachi, Pakistan on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A milkman pushes his bicycle through a pedestrian bridge on a cold foggy winter morning in Islamabad on January 3, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A worker sorts fish at a wholesale fish market in Peshawar on January 03, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)





A vendor selling stuffed toys, waits for customers along the roadside in Rawalpindi on January 4, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A man covers himself in a traditional shawl in a street during cold weather and dense fog conditions in Peshawar, Pakistan, 04 January 2024. According to a Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast, cold and dry weather is expected to persist over the next few days in most plain areas of the country, with dense fog likely to persist in areas of Punjab and Sindh provinces. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE)





Residents collect their belongings from the debris of their houses after fire broke out shanties in a slum area of Teen Hatti in Karachi, Pakistan on January 05, 2024. (Photo by Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A Pakistani Hindu bride attends a mass marriage ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan, 07 January 2024. The Pakistan Hindu Council organized the mass wedding ceremony for 122 Hindu couples belonging to poorer classes. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





The relative of a victim of a blast that targeted a police vehicle near the Afghan border reacts in Peshawar, Pakistan, 08 January 2024. Five police officers were killed and nearly two dozen others wounded in an explosive attack targeting their vehicle during a polio vaccination drive in northwestern Pakistan, police said. The blast occurred in Peshawar, a tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, as the vaccination campaign began. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Pakistani Taliban has previously targeted polio vaccination workers and security officials. Resistance to the immunization drive has grown due to historical CIA involvement and misinformation spread by religious leaders. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan are yet to be declared free of the wild poliovirus type 1, with Pakistan reporting a considerable reduction in polio cases in 2023. The attack on the vaccination team comes amid a surge in violent incidents in Pakistan, with over 600 attacks and more than 950 fatalities reported in 2023, according to data compiled by the Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies, a research organization based in Islamabad. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA/EFE)





People cover themselves to stay warm during heavy fog, early in the morning at the fruit wholesale market on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)





Motorcyclists ride past election campaign posters and banners ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rawalpindi on January 9, 2024. Pakistan will vote in elections on February 8, with rights groups warning the ballot will lack credibility with popular opposition leader Imran Khan jailed and barred from contesting. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Workers print election posters of Pakistan Muslim League – Functional (PML-F) party at a printing press in Karachi on January 11, 2024, ahead of the country’s upcoming general elections. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo)