{"id":105744,"date":"2026-03-30T20:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=105744"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:59:43","slug":"m-2-closed-amid-heavy-rain-citizens-advised-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/m-2-closed-amid-heavy-rain-citizens-advised-caution\/","title":{"rendered":"M-2 closed amid heavy rain, citizens advised caution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Due to heavy rain in Islamabad, the movement of passenger vehicles on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/vehicles-entry-banned-on-motorway-after-feb-5-here-is-way\/\">Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway<\/a> has been temporarily suspended, while authorities have advised citizens to exercise caution.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Motorway Police spokesperson, this measure has been taken to ensure the safety of passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018&#8230; because as a result of continuous rain, the road has become slippery and visibility is also being affected, which may increase the risk of accidents.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Motorway Police has informed on social media platforms that the M-2 in Lahore has also been closed from Thokar Niaz Baig to Kot Momin due to heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel and wait until the weather conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p>The Motorway Police say that traffic will be restored as soon as the situation returns to normal, while the relevant staff is continuously monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Authority has issued an alert in view of the threat of rain, snowfall and possible flooding in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, according to a spokesperson for Islamabad Police, intermittent rains are continuing in the federal capital, due to which water has accumulated on many highways and the flow of traffic is being affected.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic police officers are taking steps to maintain the flow of traffic while being present on the roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Due to heavy rain in Islamabad, the movement of passenger vehicles on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway has been temporarily suspended, while authorities have advised citizens to exercise caution. According to a Motorway Police spokesperson, this measure has been taken to ensure the safety of passengers. \u2018&#8230; because as a result of continuous rain, the road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":105745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43],"tags":[38998,38997],"class_list":["post-105744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-weather","tag-m-2","tag-peshawar-islamabad-motorway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105746,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105744\/revisions\/105746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}