Augustine attends Christmas ceremonies in city.

LAHORE -- Provincial Minister for Human Rights and Minority Affairs (HR and MA) Ijaz Alam Augustine attended various ceremonies to mark the Christmas in the provincial capital.

According to handout issued here on Monday, the minister reached General Hospital to cut a cake with Christian workers of the hospitals after than on the invitation of UC-84 President Chaudhry Mudassar Kamboh in the Pakistani Chowk Ichhra attended a special ceremony along with MPA Haroon Imran Gill. He cut the cake and also distributed eatables to the deserving minorities.

The Minister addressing the community, said that minorities had complete freedom in Pakistan while in India minorities were struggling for their rights. He added that after more than 140 days in occupied Kashmir, the people of Kashmir were still deprived of all basic facilities and India continuously violated at line of...