RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Temperature further slid to minus 8 degrees Celsius in Skardu over the past 24 hours, the Met Office said on Thursday.

Cold weather dropped the mercury level to minus 3 degrees Celsius in Astore, minus 2, each, in Gupis and Gilgit, minus 1, each, in Quetta, Kalam and Mirkhani over the period.

Over the next 24 hours: Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country. “Continental air is prevailing over [the] most parts of the country,” it said. Widely cold and dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country in the last 24 hours.

The Met also asked growers to complete spadework to protect the sugarcane crop from pests and seasonal virus, besides taking steps for irrigations keeping in view the current weather conditions.