Overview
- Overnight showers reached wide swaths of Karachi, and forecasters say drizzle or light rain may continue into today with a further dip in temperature.
- Several electricity feeders tripped during the rain in Karachi, causing localized power outages, according to local reports.
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast thunderstorms and rain across Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, with periodic snowfall expected in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
- The planned launch of the Islamabad–Tehran–Istanbul freight train was postponed due to pending security clearance, DS Railways said.
- Karachi Bar Association announced a strike and court boycott after FIRs against lawyers, staged a protest that disrupted MA Jinnah Road, and later ended the demonstration as traffic flow was restored.