The temperature turned cold last night after an unexpected light snowfall on the Makra mountains in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) near Muzaffarabad, along with rain showers, while weather forecasters predict new rain over Punjab, AJK, Gilgit Baltistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Livelihood issues took precedence despite the BJP's attempts to polarise the electorate. While this year's campaign was unlike the preceding one in 2017, will results also reflect this change?
In December 2021, the villagers of Makra faced a wave of sickness and deaths. "People were dying every day. Even children were dropping dead," one villager said.