LAHORE – Pre-monsoon currents have started penetrating inside the country, the Met office said on Monday and predicted scattered rain in various cities during the next two days. The Met officials said moist currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating into upper and central parts of the country. They added that westerly wave is affecting most upper and central parts of the country and likely to persist till Thursday. The Met officials predicted rain/dust-thundershower with gusty winds at scattered places in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat divisions, Fata, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan & Kashmir while light rain/drizzle expected at few places along Sindh coast. They maintained that hot and humid weather will persist elsewhere in the country.