Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while very cold and partly cloudy in northern districts during the next twelve hours.

Fog and smog is likely to persist in plain areas of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh during morning and night hours.

Temperature of major cities recorded this morning:

Islamabad and Peshawar five degree centigrade, Lahore eleven, Karachi seventeen, Quetta two, Gilgit one, Murree four and Muzaffarabad six degree centigrade.      

According to weather forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, very cold and partly cloudy weather is expected in Srinagar, Leh, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Baramulla while partly cloudy and cold weather in Jammu.   

Temperature recorded this morning:      

Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramula minus two degree centigrade, Jammu ten, Leh minus eight, and Pulwama and Shopian minus three degree centigrade.