Cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very cold in northern areas and north Balochistan. Foggy conditions are likely to persist over plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh during night and morning hours. Frost is likely to occur at isolated places in Pothohar region during morning hours. Temperatures of some major cities recorded on Monday morning. Islamabad four degree centigrade, Lahore nine, Karachi fourteen, Peshawar six, Quetta zero, Gilgit minus three, Murree three and Muzaffarabad five degree centigrade. According to Met Office forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, partly cloudy and very cold weather is expected in Srinagar, Leh, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and , Baramula while cold and dry in Jammu.

Temperature recorded; Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramula minus one degree centigrade, Jammu eight, Leh minus eight, Pulwama and Shopian zero degree centigrade. On the other and the Provincial Meteorological Center Peshawar on Monday predicted that mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most districts of the province, while very cold in upper parts and hilly areas during the next 24 hours.It said that fog is also likely to occur over Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi and D.I. Khan districts, as well as over Peshawar to Swabi Motorway during the night and morning hours.

During the last 24 hours, mainly cold and dry weather occurred in most districts of the province, while very cold in hilly areas and upper parts. The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in centigrade at different stations of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were as Peshawar City 22/03, Chitral 17/03, Timergara 21/03, Dir 20/00, Mirkhani 17/-1, Kalam 15/-3, Drosh 17/02, Saidu Sharif 20/01, Pattan 22/10, Malam Jabba 12/01, Takht Bhai 21/04, Kakul 20/03, Balakot 22/03, Parachinar 17/02, Bannu 25/04, Cherat 16/07, D.I. Khan 24/08. The lowest temperature recorded in the province was -03C in Kalam.

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