ISLAMABAD: Partly cloudy and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next 12 hours. However, dust-thunderstorm and light rain with gusty winds may occur at a few places of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Quetta, Zhob, Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Upper FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. The temperature of some major cities recorded on Wednesday morning was as follows: Islamabad 18 degree centigrade, Lahore 26, Karachi 27, Peshawar 21, Quetta and Muzaffarabad thirteen, Gilgit nine and Murree 12 degree centigrade. According to the synoptic situation, a shallow westerly wave is affecting upper and central parts of the country and likely to persist during the next 12 hours.