Rain with dust storm from today

Islamabad : Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast rains along with dust and thunderstorm in the country, including Islamabad, from Saturday to Wednesday.

According to a weatherman, a shallow westerly wave is presently affecting upper and central parts of the country.

The weather system is likely to intensify on Sunday evening or night and grip most parts of the country on Monday.

"Under the influence of this weather system, dust-thunderstorm and rains are expected at scattered places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northeast Balochistan, upper Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday," he said.

The official said widespread dust-thunderstorm and rains with few moderate to isolated heavy falls were expected to fall in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir from Monday to Wednesday.

He said there was a likelihood of rains falling in Balochistan from Sunday evening to Tuesday and at scattered places in Sindh's Sukkur, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirbad, Hyderabad and Karachi divisions on Monday and Tuesday.

The weatherman forecast hailstorm at isolated places during the period.

He warned that heavy rains could generate flash floods in nullah and riverine of Makran, Quetta, Zhob and D.G Khan divisions on Monday and Tuesday, while they could trigger landslides in Malakand and Hazara divisions, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday and Wednesday.