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The Met office forecasted on Wednesday that a weak westerly weather system is likely to enter Balochistan late on Thursday, which is likely to...

The Met office forecasted on Wednesday that a weak westerly weather system is likely to enter Balochistan late on Thursday, which is likely to...

Arif Mehmood, Director General of Metrological Department forcasted the new spell of rains from Thursday and said that it will enter the country from Baloachistan...

LAHORE - Three people, including a couple, died and 13 others, including nine children, were injured in separate incidents of roof collapse on Tuesday. In the first mishap, a man and his wife died while their seven children, including two girls, were injured when the roof of their single-story house collapsed. The deceased were identified as 40-year-old Muhabbat Khan and his wife Gul-e-Hayat while their injured children were identified as Mujahid Khan, 14, Aasia, 9, Shahid, 8, Laiba,

LAHORE - Heavy rain and hailstorm was witnessed at various parts of Lahore on Monday. Roads of Lahore again became white by the hailstorm whereas citizens were pleasantly surprised by the heavy rain, thunderstorm and hailstorm in the city. Motorcyclists faced immense difficulties during the hailstorm and rain and had to shelter themselves under nearby roofs.
The unprecedented spell of rains in the city is keeping citizens away from the heat wave. Rain and thunderstorm with

LAHORE - Isolated rain was witnessed in various areas of Lahore including Badami Bagh, Shahdara, Karim Park and others on Monday. Scattered rain and thunderstorm hit Upper Punjab, including Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK.
The Met Office informed that dry weather is expected in most parts of the country but isolated rain and thunderstorm is expected in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Hazara divisions, Gilgit-Baltistan and

LAHORE - Saturday's rain left a number of areas out of electricity until Sunday morning while the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) took a long time to repair the lines damaged because of the rain.
Electricity in a majority of areas was suspended late at night on Saturday. Power was resumed in some areas immediately after the rain but some localities had to wait for a long time. LESCO sources said that some electricity lines were damaged because of the rain, as trees fell on

ISLAMABAD - Scattered rain with thunderstorm occurred in Punjab including Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Sunday turning the weather pleasant.
Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa, Upper Sindh, North East Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir also recieved rain and thunderstorm on Sunday morning.
According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) analysis, rain with dust-thunderstorm associated with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during next

LAHORE - The weather of the provincial metropolis remained pleasant on Saturday due to the rain and windstorm on Friday. Citizens enjoyed the weekend by visiting various parks and zoo.
Today (Sunday), scattered rain, dust and thunderstorm are expected in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North East Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK. The Met Office said that rainy weather might continue in upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK until Tuesday.
The

LAHORE - The Sunni Ittehad Council's (SIC) Istehkam-e-Pakistan Conference to be held today (Sunday) at the Minar-e-Pakistan is likely to be affected by rain. The Met Office has predicted rain for Sunday morning and evening as well.
SIC leader Ajmal Gilani told Pakistan Today that the party had completed all preparations for the conference at the Minar-e-Pakistan despite the fact that the Punjab government has refused to give permission.
"They were stubborn enough to steer us

LAHORE - Lahoris witnessed light rain on Saturday but according to the Met Office, weather remained dry in most parts of the country. Rain and thunderstorm were witnessed at isolated places of North Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sargodha and Multan.
According to the Met Office, widespread rain with dust and thunderstorms are expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today (Sunday) while scattered rain with dust and thunderstorms are expected in Quetta, Zhob, Kalat, Sukkur, Larkana,

Musician Prince is being sued by his former lawyers who say he owes them more than $700,000, according to court documents. The firm, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, said in documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday that Prince - whose real name is Prince Rogers Nelson - paid only $125,000 for their legal services during Prince's divorce and three other court cases in California, New York and Ireland.
"The Nelson Parties have failed to pay an additional $708,687.04 due

LAHORE - Heavy rain in the city on Saturday has given some hope to the weakest teams of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup some hope of drawing their matches. On day three of the four-day matches, Khyber PK scored 266 runs and saw Balochistan make 145 for three in 36 overs in their second innings. And on the final day, the possibility of the match ending in a stalemate is bright at the Gaddafi Stadium.
On the other hand at the LCCA ground, Punjab were at 222 for five at the close

LAHORE - The recent wave of rains and snowfall can be extremely beneficial for the agricultural sector especially the Rabi crops, weather experts said on Friday. Senior Met Office official Muhammad Akram told Pakistan Today that the recent rains can bring smiles on faces of our farmers and the wheat crop would benefit the most from the rains.
He said that snowfall would help increase water reservoirs while fruit trees especially apple would benefit from the snowfall. The Met

QUETTA - Dozens of houses were damaged and hundreds of people affected as widespread heavy rain and snowfall lashed Balochistan. A child was injured when a house collapsed in Chattan Pati area of Jaffarabad district while dozens of mud houses were damaged in Naseerabad, Usta Muhammad, Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi and other eastern parts of the province.
Torrential rain that started on Saturday continued till Sunday morning, badly paralysing normal life. According to reports, heavy rain

PESHAWAR - A heavy rain, flanked by snow on mountainous regions throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and adjoining tribal region, paralysed the smooth business of life on Monday. In Peshawar and other main cities, towns and districts of the province, the rain with brief intervals was in progress since Friday.
A heavy snow was also reported in the mountainous regions like Chitral, Dir, Swat, Mansehra, Kohistan, Batagram, Buner, Shangla and Abbottabad districts while apart from

COLOMBO - Heavy rain triggered flooding in Sri Lanka that killed at least 11 people and is threatening up to 90 percent of the staple rice crop, heightening concern about supply shocks and inflation, officials said on Sunday. Heavy monsoon rain caused flooding across the Eastern, Northern and North Central provinces for the second time in less than a month. More than 250,000 people have been forced into temporary shelters by this latest inundation.
"A large amount is destroyed.