Intermittent rain continues in various parts of country

LAHORE (Web Desk) – Intermittent rain continues to lash various parts of the country.

The main rain-receiving areas of the country include Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Rawalpindi, Islamabad Kashmir.

Rain was also reported at isolated places in Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore, Multan, D.G. Khan, Quetta, Sibi, Makran, and Sukkur divisions.

The maximum rain, 44 millimetre, so far has been recorded at Kakul.

The Met Office has forecasted widespread rain-thundershower is likely in KP, FATA, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala divisions, Islamabad and Kashmir on Thursday. Rain may also take place at isolated places in various areas of Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Few hailstorms are also expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and upper Pothohar region. The current rain spell will continue till Sunday, Radio Pakistan reported.

The farmers of wheat and gram in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been advised not to irrigate the crops this week.

Temperature of some major cities recorded on Thursday morning:

Islamabad, 14 degree centigrade, Lahore 17, Karachi 25, Peshawar 12, Quetta and Gilgit 11, Murree 3 and Muzaffarabad 10 degree centigrade.