Dense fog blankets parts of Punjab again
Flight schedule at the Lahore and Multan airports was suspended on Sunday night due to thick fog.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Dense fog has blanketed different areas of Punjab including Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Okara, Sheikhupura and Narowal on late Sunday night, badly disrupting the road traffic and flight schedules, Dunya News reported.
The airports in Lahore and Multan were shut down due to thick fog and the international and domestic flights coming to land there have been diverted to other airports.
The fog has also affected road traffic. The Motorway has been closed from Lahore to Pindi Bhattian as visibility was down to zero due to dense fog.
Motorway M3 from Faisalabad to Pindi Bhattian was closed while M3 section was also shut down from Kamalpur and Deputywala Interchange as visibility was dropped to zero due to thick fog.
The Motorway police have appealed the drivers to use GT Road for travel from Lahore to other parts of the province. The Motorway police have also urged the drivers to drive slowly and switch on fog lights. They also requested people to stay home and avoid unnecessary travelling.
On the other hand, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has termed climate changes as cause of fog and smog which will further prevail for few more days.
Met office forecast that mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country.
However, rain-thunderstorm (snowfall over the hills) is expected at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Quetta, Zhob divisions, upper FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Dense foggy conditions are likely to prevail over plain areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and upper Sindh during night and morning hours.
