Cold, fog continue to grip KP

PESHAWAR: Attendance at schools and offices remained thin as biting cold and fog continued to grip the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.

The cold and foggy weather broke the 10 years record in the provincial metropolis, confining residents to homes.While the Met office forecast continuation of the cold wave for a couple of days, foggy condition also caused traffic problems forcing Motorway Police to close the Motorway for all kinds of traffic in the evening.

Though schools in the provincial capital had to change the opening timing, some private schools in areas like Takh Bhai closed for four days.Our correspondent adds from Nowshera: Six persons sustained injuries in road accident on the Grand Trunk Road apparently due to fog on Tuesday.

Police said that a passenger bus collided with a tractor near Pabbi Station, leaving six persons injured.The injured were identified as Suhail, Ziad, Akhtar Ali, Nauman Khan, Gul Dad and Sarmad Nazir.Meanwhile, police asked the drivers to take extra care to avoid any mishap.The attendane in the schools was also affected due to persistent cold weather and fog in the district.

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