Summary Thick fog also gripped G.T. road at Hassan Abdal.
ISLAMABAD: Different parts of the country including Islamabad and Rawalpindi are in the grip of severe cold wave and blanketed by dense fog.
In some areas‚ the mercury has dropped to the freezing point.
In Skardu‚ the temperature has dropped to minus 15 Celsius‚ Astore minus 14‚ Hunza and Kalaam minus 11‚ Gupis and Parachinar minus nine‚ Kalat and Dir minus seven‚ Mallamjabba minus six‚ Drosh‚ Bunji and Rawalakot minus five‚ Chitral and Sibbi minus four‚ Murree minus three‚ Islamabad and Lahore one and Peshawar zero Celsius.
According to the met office‚ severe cold wave would continue to prevail over upper parts of Baluchistan‚ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next twenty four hours.
Dense foggy conditions would continue over plains of Punjab‚ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa‚ Sukkur and Larkana divisions.
Burhan-Islamabad section of motorway was closed due to dense fog while Kalar Kahar-Islamabad section was opened in morning after being closed last night.
