Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while partly cloudy in upper areas during the next twelve hours.

However, cloudy weather with rain-thunderstorm and snowfall over hills is likely in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and northwestern districts of Balochistan.

Fog and smog is likely to persist in plain areas of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh during morning and night hours. Dense fog is likely over few plain areas of Punjab.

Temperature of major cities recorded this morning:

Islamabad three degree centigrade, Lahore ten, Karachi fifteen, Peshawar and Muzaffarabad five, Gilgit minus three, Murree two and Quetta seven degree centigrade.

According to weather forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, partly cloudy and cold weather is expected in Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Baramulla while cloudy and very cold weather in Leh.

Temperature recorded this morning:

Srinagar, Pulwama and Baramula minus two degree centigrade, Jammu seven, Leh minus seven, Anantnag and Shopian minus one degree centigrade.