Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while very cold and partly cloudy in northern parts during the next twenty-four hours. Dense fog and smog is likely to persist in plain areas of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh.
Frost is likely to occur at few places in Pothohar region and Kashmir during morning hours. Temperature of major cities recorded. Islamabad four degree centigrade, Lahore seven, Karachi sixteen, Peshawar five, Quetta and Murree one, Muzafarabad three and Gilgit minus-three degree centigrade. According to weather forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, very cold and dry weather is expected in Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Baramula while very cold and partly cloudy in Leh. However, cold and dense fog is expected in Jammu. Temperature recorded this morning. Srinagar minus-three degree centigrade, Jammu seven, Leh minus-seven, Pulwama minus-four, Anantnag minus-two and Shopian and Baramula minus-one degree centigrade.—INP