The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States of America says visits of nearly 1000 professionals, government officials, civil society activists, journalists and others to the United States, annually, under different exchange programs are creating strong linkages between the two countries that reinforce contacts at official level.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall and a few hailstorms may also occur at scattered places during the forecast period.

AFP reports that Hindu hardliners believe that Muslims praying in the open "create problems in the country and the entire world.