{"id":44593,"date":"2024-01-06T15:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/islamabad-rawalpindi-weather-update-twin-cities-in-grip-of-heavy-smog-cold-wave-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2024-01-06T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:08:04","slug":"islamabad-rawalpindi-weather-update-twin-cities-in-grip-of-heavy-smog-cold-wave-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/islamabad-rawalpindi-weather-update-twin-cities-in-grip-of-heavy-smog-cold-wave-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad, Rawalpindi weather update; Twin cities in grip of heavy smog, cold wave &#8211; Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Dense fog continues to blanket the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, causing disruptions in air and road travel. The fog hovers on key highways, including Islamabad Expressway, other regions. Along with bone-chilling temperature, the fog enveloped several commercial and residential areas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The twin cities faced limited visibility, leading to slow traffic on Islamabad highway. Met Office also forecast mainly cold and dry weather for the provincial capital and parts of Punjab over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>As per the synoptic situation, a shallow westerly wave is present over western parts of Balochistan\u06d4 Under these conditions, mainly cold and dry weather is expected in the city over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Fog is expected to disrupt traffic flow on portions of Motorway and National Highway.<\/p>\n<p>In other parts of the country, cold and dry weather prevailed across Punjab during the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-532225\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1228\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/333.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/333-300x57.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/333-1024x196.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/333-768x147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/333-750x144.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/333-1140x218.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1228px) 100vw, 1228px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dense fog\/smog is likely to persist in Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Okara, Kasur, Lahore, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Mangla, Faisalabad, Jhang, Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin, Toba Tek Singh, Khanewal, Multan, Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Hafizabad, Bhakkar, Layyah, Dera Ghazi Khan and surrounding. Frost is likely to be observed in Potohar region during morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IwyNbQDg0Y\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/weather-outlook-of-peshawar-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-fog-continues-to-prevail\/\">Weather outlook of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; fog continues to prevail<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cWeather outlook of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; fog continues to prevail\u201d \u2014 Pakistan Observer\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/islamabad-rawalpindi-weather-update-twin-cities-in-grip-of-heavy-smog-cold-wave\/about:blank\" data-secret=\"IwyNbQDg0Y\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/weather-outlook-of-peshawar-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-fog-continues-to-prevail\/embed\/#?secret=dR9BEVGB5m#?secret=IwyNbQDg0Y\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cWeather outlook of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; fog continues to prevail\u201d \u2014 Pakistan Observer\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/weather-outlook-of-peshawar-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-fog-continues-to-prevail\/embed\/#?secret=dR9BEVGB5m#?secret=IwyNbQDg0Y\" data-secret=\"IwyNbQDg0Y\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dense fog continues to blanket the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, causing disruptions in air and road travel. The fog hovers on key highways, including Islamabad Expressway, other regions. Along with bone-chilling temperature, the fog enveloped several commercial and residential areas on Saturday. The twin cities faced limited visibility, leading to slow traffic on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/maxresdefault.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}