Pakistan sizzles as mercury rises to 51øC: Met office

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ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has warned about very hot and dry weather during the coming week all over the country.    

In a statement, Met Office said the plain areas of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh will be the centre of heat wave where day temperature will cross over 45øC and central parts will touch a critical level of 51øC, a private news channel reported.

Temperature in mountainous areas of GB and AJK will also rise by 4-5øC above average resulting into rapid melting of snow and glaciers.

Whereas severe heat wave conditions would continue over plain areas of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan.

Temperature of some major cities recorded on Wednesday morning were Islamabad 19 degree centigrade, Lahore and Karachi 29, Peshawar 25, Quetta 18, Gilgit 14, Murree 17 and Muzaffarabad 20 degree centigrade.