Balochistan sees first winter showers

QUETTA: The first rainfall of the winter season in Quetta and several other parts of Balochistan on Wednesday plunged temperatures, intensifying a crisis driven by prolonged natural gas outages and fuel price gouging. The cold front sent residents rushing to local markets to buy warm clothing as showers fell across Quetta, Kolpur, Harnai, Chagai and Dalbandin. The sudden drop in temperatures in…

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