RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: The Met Office on Thursday asked the growers to complete sowing of Kharif crops at earliest to help the seeds attain existing soil moisture fully.

It also alerted the farmers about the sandstorm in areas of fully grown wheat crop; asking them to take steps to protect the yield from the hostile weather accordingly.

Farmers of Southern Punjab and Sindh should prepare land for cotton crops timely. It warned that weeds can scale back yield so the farmers should remove the unwanted plants from their crops at first.

Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country in the next 24 hours. However, dust-thunderstorm/rain with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Quetta, Zhob, Makran, Sukkur, Larkana, Faisalabad, Sargodha, D.I. Khan, Malakand and Hazara Divisions, besides FATA and Kashmir.

“A shallow westerly wave is affecting upper and central parts of the country and it is likely to remain for the next few days,” the Met said. Maximum temperature was recorded 44 degrees Celsius in Turbat, 43 in Larkana, Hyderabad and Chhor, 42 in Jacobabad, Sibbi, Sukkur, Noorpurthal, Shaheed Benazirabad, Mirpurkhas and Rohri.