Farmers should drain out accumulated rainwater from their cotton and vegetable crops fields following the recent monsoon spell, the Met Office has said. Peanut growers of the Potohar region should also step up to remove weeds from the standing crop. "Due to higher temperature worm attack is expected on Cotton crop, so farmers are advised to take adoptive measures especially the use of PB ropes in consultancy with plant protection department," the Met added.

Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Sindh, with isolated rain and wind-thunderstorm in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Malakand, Hazara and Mardan Divisions, besides Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from August 25. In the last 24 hours weather remained hot and humid in the most parts of country. However, rain and wind-thunderstorm occurred at one or two places in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Hazara and Makran Divisions.

Lahore Airport received the maximum rainfall as 63 mm. Sibbi was the hottest place in the country with a maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius, Noorpurthal 42, Bhakkar, Nokkundi, Sukkur, Joharabad, Dadu and Dalbandin 41, each. "Seasonal low lies over northeast Balochistan and its adjoining areas. Weak moist currents are penetrating upper parts of the country," the Met said.

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