Children wait for their father working nearby, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, December 5, 2021. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)
A man reacts as a paramedic takes a swab sample, to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), from a window at the School of Nursing in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi, Pakistan on December 9, 2021. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A model presents a creation during Bridal Couture Week, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, December 11, 2021. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)
Models present creations during Bridal Couture Week, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, December 11, 2021. Twenty-eight designers and retail brands are showcasing their latest bridal collections in the three-day event. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)
Models present creations by a designer Haris Shakeel during Bridal Couture Week, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, December 10, 2021. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)
Spectators queue outside the National Stadium before the first of three T20 cricket matches between Pakistan and the West Indies, in Karachi, Pakistan, 13 December 2021. The West Indian cricket team plays three T20s and an equal number of ODIs, all at the National Stadium in Karachi. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)
A man hold candle front of the portraits of victims during a memorial ceremony for the victims of Army Public School (APS) attack on the seventh anniversary of the Peshawar school attack, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 16 December 2021. In December 2014 Taliban militants attacked the army-run Army Public School in the north-western city of Peshawar, where about 150 people, mostly students, were killed. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE)
Children watch a cockfighting match on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Photo by Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)
Rescuers inspect the scene of a gas explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, December 18, 2021. The powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in the southern Pakistan city killing several people and wounding others Saturday, police and a health official said. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)
Rescue people carry the dead body of a victim after a gas explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, December 18, 2021. Officials said the powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in the southern Pakistan city has killed multiple people and injured others. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)
Members of Pakistan's Christian minority dressed as Santa Clauses take part in a pre-Christmas rally on a street in Peshawar, Pakistan, 20 December 2021. Pakistan is a Sunni-majority Muslim country with four million Christians out of a total population of about 200 million. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE)
Christians, some wearing Santa Claus suits, participate in a Christmas celebration rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, December 19, 2021. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)
Pakistani Christians hold candles during a celebration for Christmas, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 22, 2021. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)
A man carries a handcart over his head at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 22, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Sajjad/AP Photo)
Workers give the final touches on a decoration at St.John's Cathedral for the upcoming Christmas celebrations, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 22, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Sajjad/AP Photo)
Workers arrange fish in their shop at a fish market in Peshawar on December 24, 2021. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)
Members of Pakistan's Christian minority attend a service ahead of Christmas in Lahore, Pakistan, 22 December 2021. Pakistan is a majority Sunni Muslim country and home to four million Christians out of a total population of around 200 million people. (Photo by Rahat Dar/EPA/EFE)
In this picture taken on December 24, 2021, Christian devotees pray at Saint Andrew Church to celebrate Christmas in Karachi. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo)