Rains system to enter country from end of this month: DG Met

News Desk

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department Director General Mehar Sahibzada Khan predicted that the monsoon rains system is expected to enter from the end of June across the country whereas pre-monsoon rains would start from next couple of days and will provide respite to the residents from the heatwave.

Sahibzada Khan said that monsoon rains will bring down the temperature and provide relief to people from the heatwave that has gripped the region for the last few weeks. He said that isolated pre-monsoon rains have already started which would further increase in the next couple of days and the weekend would be more relaxed and pleasant.

The DG said that pre monsoon rains would hopefully continue from Thursday to Tuesday while mainly partly cloudy weather with rain-wind and thunderstorm is expected in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, upper Punjab, Islamabad, Potohar region, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir during the next twelve hours. Replying to a question, he said pleasant weather with monsoon rains will add more charm to the upcoming annual Eid festivity.