Mainly dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while cold in northern areas. However, rain-wind with thunderstorm and snowfall over the hilly areas is expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. Temperatures of some major cities recorded on Friday morning. Islamabad and Muzaffarabad fourteen degree centigrade, Lahore nineteen, Karachi twenty-four, Peshawar seventeen, Quetta eleven, Gilgit ten and Murree twelve degree centigrade. According to Met Office forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, partly cloudy weather with chances of rain-wind and thunderstorm is expected in Srinagar and Leh, partly cloudy and dry weather in Jammu, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Baramulla. Temperature recorded. Srinagar, Pulwama and Shopian seven degree centigrade, Jammu fifteen, Leh minus two, Anantnag and Baramulla six degree centigrade.

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