Daily Times

Parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and north-eastern Balochistan received rain and snowfall on Tuesday. The upper areas of Skardu have received five-inch snowfall, while Shawal, Dattakhel, Shangla, Buttgram, Galliyat and Thandiani have also received snowfall in a fresh wet spell.

The Pakistan Army troops rescued 22 students of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) stranded in Gilgit region due to snowfall. Pakistan Meteorological Department has said that a westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country and likely to persist during next 24 hours.

Rain occurred at scattered places in districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan while at isolated places in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Attock, Lahore, D.G Khan, Multan, Okara and Hafizabad.

Snowfall also recorded in Malamjabba, Kalam, Dir, Skardu, Bagrote, Parachinar and Murree. Weather remained cold and partly cloudy in most parts of the country. Today, rain and snowfall over mountains are expected at scattered places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan, while at isolated places in upper Punjab and Islamabad.

Fog is likely to prevail in districts of south Punjab and upper Sindh during night hours, according to the met office.

According to the met office, minimum temperature in Karachi recorded 09.5ºCelsius while maximum temperature is expected to remain between 24-26 Celsius. Humidity in the city remained between 60-70 percent in the morning and expected 25-35 percent in the evening today.

The lowest minimum Temperature today recorded at Skardu -17°Ceilsius, Astore, Gupis -12°C, Bagrote, Parachinar -10°C, Malamjabba -05°Celsius and Kalam -04°C.

Meanwhile, heavy snowfall of up to one foot reported at hilltops of Abbottabad city, known as Nathiagali, Thandiani, Changla Gali and Surbon Valley, kept the weather chilly and compelled the people to stay indoors.

In addition, the roads and streets of Abbottabad city were fully closed with muddy appearance restricting pedestrians not to approach their nearby markets for the shopping of their kitchen edibles, while the icy winds were blowing around the city area compelling suburbs to avoid from walking or buying necessary edibles and the medicines together with various other items on road and the streets.

The road link touching to Nathiagali including remaining parts of the hill tops was badly found prey of landslidings at scattered places, due to which traffic was jammed unto the hills. All the residents of mountainous series have been reported prey of food shortage such as vegetables, fruit, wheat flour, cooking oil and many other remaining kitchen items etc. The intermittent rain falling was continuing since morning at lower part of the Abbott bad city, likewise the snow on hill tops irks badly.

The Northern area comprised on Narran and Kaghan valleys touching unto four feet snow wherein the tourists went in their booked hotel’s rooms to protect themselves from continuous snowballing. No flood was observed in rivers known as Sindh, Jhelum, Kunhar and river Neelum too.