After a long heat wave spell across the country, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted chances of light rain in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas during the next 24 hours.
Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan and adjoining areas. A monsoon low lies over north Bay of Bengal and adjoining north-eastern parts of India. An official of Met office said that hot and humid weather would prevail in most parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab during the next 24 hours. The official said another rain spell is likely from Thursday in Upper Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, bringing good showers. The rain spell would last till Sunday subsiding prevailing heat wave conditions, giving relief to the heat-stricken people who are bearing long power outages and extreme hot weather.
The maximum temperatures recorded during the last 24 hours were Islamabad 42 C, Lahore 41 C, Karachi 36 C, Peshawar 43 C, Quetta 40 C, Skardu 35 C, Murree 26 C, Muzzafarabad 41 C, Gilgit 41 C, Faisalabad 41 C and Multan 41 C.
