Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours.

However, smog and fog is likely to decrease in plain areas of Punjab during morning hours.

While, light rain with winds is expected in Potohar region, north east Punjab, upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and during evening and night.  

Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning:

Islamabad and Peshawar seven degree centigrade, Murree four, Lahore twelve, Karachi nineteen, Quetta six, Gilgit minus four and Muzaffarabad three degree centigrade.   

 According to Met Office forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, cold and partly cloudy weather with chances of rain is expected in Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, Baramula, Jammu, Shopian and Leh.

Temperature recorded this morning: Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama and Baramula zero degree centigrade, Jammu ten, Leh minus two and Shopian one degree centigrade.