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Karachi Logs First Winter Rain as Nationwide Showers and Snow Move In

The Met office expects intermittent light rain to persist with temperatures falling and snowfall likely at higher elevations.

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 IslamabadTehranIstanbul 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.