Islamabad:Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted that dry weather will prevail over most parts of the country, with partly cloudy conditions expected in northern areas, accompanied by cold weather over the next twelve hours.

According to Radio Pakistan, there is a possibility of light rain and snowfall occurring over the hills at isolated locations in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan during the night.

The temperature recorded this morning in major cities included Islamabad at twelve degrees centigrade, Lahore at seventeen, Karachi at twenty-four, Peshawar at fourteen, Quetta at nine, Gilgit and Murree at eight, and Muzaffarabad at eleven degrees centigrade.

In the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the weather forecast indicates cold and dry conditions in Srinagar, Pulwama, Shopian, Anantnag, Baramula, and Leh, while Jammu is expected to experience dry weather. The morning temperatures recorded were five degrees centigrade in Srinagar, Pulwama, and Shopian, seventeen in Jammu, minus three in Leh, and four in Anantnag and Baramula.