I CAME across the sweetest picture on social media of a bearded man, wearing a white knitted cap, taking a photograph of presumably his young children in front of the Christmas tree planted in Lahore. It was so heartwarming — and unexpected.
So this photograph of the father and his children in front of the tall, 13-metre tree, which was planted by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s administration, won the internet over with comments like “the country is healing”.
She tweeted how the tree and Christmas celebrations across the province “reflects the message that minorities are not only safe in Punjab but are also valued, respected, and an integral part of the social fabric”.
As one user
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