Photo: Horizan123 · CC BY-SA 4.0Events / 25 December
Punjab
Christmas in Pakistan
Midnight services, carols and lit-up churches: Christmas with Pakistan's Christian communities, at Lahore's cathedral, Karachi's Christ Church and across Punjab.
Pakistan's Christians, the largest number of them in Punjab, celebrate Christmas on 25 December, which is also Quaid-e-Azam Day and a public holiday. Churches are decorated and lit, midnight masses and services are held, and carol singers go from house to house in the Christian neighbourhoods of Lahore, Karachi and the Punjab towns. The Cathedral Church of the Resurrection in Lahore and Christ Church in Karachi hold some of the best-known services.
- Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, Lahore
- Christ Church, Karachi
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Hyderabad
- Midnight services
- When to plan
- 25 December; services begin on Christmas Eve. Visitors are usually welcome at services: ask the church first, and expect security checks at the gate.
- Getting there
- The Lahore cathedral is on The Mall; Christ Church is in Karachi's Saddar.
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February
Lahore Literary Festival
Three days of writers, historians and musicians at the Alhamra Arts Centre on The Mall, held each February since 2013.
February
Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally
The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab's desert rally, run every February since 2005 from Derawar Fort across the Cholistan dunes.
6 March
Saraiki Culture Day (Ajrak Day)
South Punjab's day for the Saraiki language and culture: blue Saraiki ajrak, jhoomar dance, poetry and rallies in Multan and across the region.
