ISLAMABAD, March 15: The Meteorological Department here Saturday forecast rain with thunderstorm at a few places of Northern Punjab, Hazara division and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.

The weather will remain partly cloudy at Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore and dry at Karachi, Quetta while it is likely to be cloudy with chances of light rain at Gilgit and Muzaffarabad.

During the last 24 hours, rain occurred in isolated parts of upper NWFP and Kashmir.

The minimum temperature recorded today was -4 degree Celsius at Kalam while it was 14 at Islamabad, Lahore (15), Karachi (21), Peshawar (14), Quetta (4), Muzaffarabad (12), Murree (-2), Multan (15), Faisalabad (14) and Gilgit (8). — APP

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