Drizzle in Lahore turns weather pleasant, improves air quality

Lahore received light rain early Thursday and it has not only turned the weather pleasant but has also improved the city air quality.

Showers were first reported from Kalma Chowk, Barkat Market, Muslim Town. Followed by scattered rain in other areas of the city.

According to the Met Office, the showers will persist for the next 24 hours and the weather will stay pleasant and cloudy. The city’s temperature was recorded at 16.5 degrees Celsius. Lahore's Air Quality Index has reached below 150

Cold and dry weather is expected in most districts of the province. However, a light rain-thunderstorm is expected in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujranwala, Narowal, Sialkot, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin as well.

Meanwhile, up north, a new series of rain and snowfall has started, especially in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir under the influence of the westerly system.