
ISLAMABAD, March 11: An active weather system, presently giving rains over Balochistan, is heading towards Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and very likely to intensify. Under the influence of this strong weather system, widespread rains are expected over KP on Friday and Saturday. According to Met Office, scattered heavy at times very heavy downpours expected over upper parts of KP, including Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan and Kohat divisions during Friday evening to Saturday that may trigger flash floods in the vulnerable areas of the province.During next 24 hours, widespread rain-thundershower accompanied by strong gusty winds is also expected in Kashmir, Islamabad, FATA, upper Punjab (Sargodha, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sahiwal divisions), while at scattered places in south Punjab (D.G Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan divisions), north east Balochistan (Quetta, Zhob, Sibbi and Naseerabad divisions), isolated places in Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Makran divisions.-DNA