Chill cold weather will still prevail today in Pakistan

Weather will remain chill cold and dry in Karachi, the minimum temperature recorded in Karachi was 07 degree Celsius today. The situation may remain the same tomorrow.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast weather will remain chill cold and dry in northern areas and northern districts of Balochistan as before.

PMD predicted rain and snowfall in early hours in northern Punjab and Kashmir. Also, fog prevails in parts of Punjab and Sindh.

Fog prevails at Shahrah Lahore including Thokar, Mohalnawaal, Manga Mandi, Phool nagar, jamber, Patogi, Jacobabad, Okara, Sahiwal, Rinalah Khurd, and Harappa.

Rainfall can occur in few areas including Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Jhelum, and Rawalpindi.

Apart from that, PMD has predicted that weather will remain cold and dry in several districts of Sindh and fog will remain in Sukkur and Larkana.

Also, the weather will remain chill cold and dry in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and Azaad Kashmir.

The local government had issued an alert yesterday to the authorities to prepare emergency services, machinery and related things to tackle the severe situation. The authorities are also asked to maintain their presence in the next two weeks.

The minimum temperature recorded in the last 24 hours was minus 20 degrees Celsius in Astore and minus 15 degrees Celsius in Kalam.

Note that the number of casualties has reached more than 77 in Azad Kashmir due to avalanche.