by Shahbaz Butt
2019-12-24
![St. John's Cathedral in Peshawar is shown adorned in Christmas lights. [Shahbaz Butt]](/cnmi_pf/images/2019/12/24/21629-7-739_416.webp)
St. John's Cathedral in Peshawar is shown adorned in Christmas lights. [Shahbaz Butt]
![Children select a bag meant to hold Christmas presents at St. John's Cathedral in Peshawar. [Shahbaz Butt]](/cnmi_pf/images/2019/12/24/21630-1-739_416.webp)
Children select a bag meant to hold Christmas presents at St. John's Cathedral in Peshawar. [Shahbaz Butt]
![A policeman guards St. John's Cathedral in Peshawar. [Shahbaz Butt]](/cnmi_pf/images/2019/12/24/21631-9-739_416.webp)
A policeman guards St. John's Cathedral in Peshawar. [Shahbaz Butt]
![A shopkeeper hangs ornaments on a Christmas tree in front of his stall in Saddar Bazaar. [Shahbaz Butt]](/cnmi_pf/images/2019/12/24/21632-10-739_416.webp)
A shopkeeper hangs ornaments on a Christmas tree in front of his stall in Saddar Bazaar. [Shahbaz Butt]
![Painters decorate a wall in Christian Colony in Kala Bari. [Shahbaz Butt]](/cnmi_pf/images/2019/12/24/21633-8-739_416.webp)
Painters decorate a wall in Christian Colony in Kala Bari. [Shahbaz Butt]
![Students celebrate the coming Christmas at Edwardes College Peshawar. [Shahbaz Butt]](/cnmi_pf/images/2019/12/24/21634-4-739_416.webp)
Students celebrate the coming Christmas at Edwardes College Peshawar. [Shahbaz Butt]
PESHAWAR -- Pakistan's Christian minority brought out ornaments and Santa Claus costumes to celebrate Christmas.
This year the celebrations took place amid much-improved security made possible by troops' long-running crackdown on extremists and terrorists.
Security forces kept a watchful eye in Peshawar on churches and other sites of worship or festivities.
