Peshawar: Ali, employed in a private company in Nowshera, expressed the increasing difficulty of his daily commute amid continuous fog and zero visibility, wondering about the unusual weather in Pakistan. Over the past three to four days, Ali, who usually travels from Peshawar to Nowshera, has faced delays of 45 minutes on his journey, impacting both his arrival at work and return home. This predicament extends beyond Ali, affecting millions across various cities in the country for the past four days. Office-goers and workers are grappling with delayed arrivals, aggravated by the cold’s intensified severity due to the lingering fog. The Meteorological Department predicts that the dense fog will persist throughout the week, enveloping certain areas in heavy fog for the next few days. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s plains are expected to experience prolonged periods of heavy fog and smog. Salma Jahangir, a Peshawar resident, reflected on the changing nature of winter fog, noting a peculiar smell in the current fog that wasn’t present in her youth. She speculated, “I think it is smog because fog had no smell.”
