Winter rain expected in Islamabad next week

Islamabad is likely to receive winter rain next week. 

According to the weather forecast, the federal capital is expected to receive rain next week on Monday and Tuesday.

On Monday the maximum temperature is expected to be 22 degrees centigrade and the minimum temperature is likely to remain 10.

On Tuesday, the maximum and minimum temperatures will be 21 and 9 degrees centigrades.

Earlier, the Pakis­tan Meteorological Depar­tment (PMD) warned of a drought-like situation in most parts of the country due to scarce rainfall.

In an advisory, PMD’s National Drought Monitoring Centre (NDMC) said the plains did not receive significant rainfall, which aggravated the drought conditions.

In Punjab, mild drought conditions were observed in the Potohar region — Attock, Chakwal, Rawalpindi/Islam­abad—, Bhakkar, Layyah, Multan, Rajanpur, Baha­walnagar, Bahawalpur, Faisal­abad, Sargodha, Khushab, Mianwali and D.G. Khan.

In Sindh, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Padidan, Sukkur, Khairpur, Tharparkar, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin and Karachi have witnessed drought-like conditions.

In Balochistan, Ormara, Kharan, Turbat, Kech, Panjgur, Awaran, Lasbella, Nokkundi, Dalbandin and adjacent areas were witnessing a similar situation.