Winter setting inTemperature goes down to zero Celsius in Ziarat

QUETTA: The mercury has dropped in upper areas of Balochistan including Quetta as cold weather has announced its arrival in the region, local media reported on Sunday citing weather department. “The temperature goes down to zero Celsius in Ziarat today [Sunday],” according to the meteorological department. It was minimum temperature recorded across the country. “Mercury dropped to 02 Celsius in Kalat and four-degree Celsius in provincial capital city of Quetta,” according to the Met Office. Temperatures also going down in other parts of the country. Minimum temperature in Skardu and Leh remained one degree Celsius, while two degree C in Kalat and three degree Celsius at Kalam, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in its weather report.