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

Dense fog/smog is likely to persist in plain areas of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh.

Frost is likely to occur at few places in Pothohar region and Kashmir during morning hours.

Temperature of major cities recorded this morning:

Islamabad and Peshawar four degree centigrade, Lahore seven, Karachi seventeen, Quetta and Murree one, Gilgit minus-two, Muzaffarabad three degree centigrade.      

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

However, cold and dense fog is expected in Jammu.

Temperature recorded this morning:          

Srinagar, Anantnag and Shopian minus-two degree centigrade, Jammu eight, Leh minus-nine, Pulwama minus-three and Baramulla minus-one degree centigrade.