ISLAMABAD: Expect predominantly cold and arid conditions across most regions of the country, with notably colder temperatures anticipated in the northern parts and north Balochistan over the next 12 hours.
Plain areas of Punjab are likely to experience lingering dense fog and smog, while similar conditions may arise in the plain areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh.
Morning temperatures in major cities were as follows: Islamabad and Peshawar at four degrees Celsius, Lahore at eight, Karachi at sixteen, Quetta and Muzaffarabad at three, Gilgit at minus-four, and Murree at two degrees Celsius.
As for the forecast in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir region, expect very cold and dry weather in Srinagar, Leh, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian, and Baramulla, with cold temperatures and dense fog likely in Jammu. Recorded morning temperatures in this region were: Srinagar and Anantnag at minus-one degree Celsius, Jammu at eight, Leh at minus-six, and Pulwama, Baramulla, and Shopian at minus-two degrees Celsius.
