Islamabad- Peshawar motorway closed for traffic due to heavy rain
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 07, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad- Peshawar motorway section has been closed to all sorts of traffic due to heavy downpour on Saturday night, ARY News reported.
A spokesperson of the Motorway police said that the section of the motorway has been closed owing to bad weather conditions.
The spokesman has advised the people to avoid unnecessary journey tonight.
Meanwhile, met office has predicted that more intermittent rain wind-thunderstorm (snowfall over hills) is expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, upper Punjab, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
widespread rain/ wind-thunderstorm had occurred in parts of Khyber Paktunkhwa, Punjab, Kashmir and Islamabad on Saturday.
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