Heavy snow closes roads at Babusar Top as rain hits several cities
Winter's first rain and snow cooled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, while Lahore's air quality improved slightly and Bahawalpur's remained very poor.
Heavy snow closed roads beyond Besal at Babusar Top on Friday, the Met Office said.
Rain and snow also fell across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, bringing the first winter rain of the season and making the weather very cold.
Two oil tankers got stuck on the route because of the bad weather.
Snow also fell on the mountains of Upper Hunza and at the Khunjerab Pass.
Lahore's average air quality index dropped to 111 after winds and light drizzle blew in from the previous evening, the department said.
Lahore is expected to stay cloudy on Friday, with drizzle possible at times during the day, the department said.
The city's high is expected to reach 29 degrees Celsius and its low 17 degrees, with humidity recorded at 70 percent and winds blowing at five kilometres per hour.
Air pollution in Bahawalpur remained very alarming, with the air quality index reaching 520, the department said.
The department said more rain and snow are likely over the next 24 hours.
Babusar Top is a high mountain pass on the route between the Kaghan Valley and Gilgit-Baltistan, where winter snow regularly disrupts travel.
Smog has been a recurring problem in Lahore during the winter months, when cold air traps pollution close to the ground.
