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I have done some search in my content dump, and I found ground snow values(kN/m^2) as well as wind speed values(m/s) based on IBC 2006, International Building Supplement. The values are for Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore only. Here are the two pre-notes that go with the attached tables: Here are the two foot-notes that go with the attached tables: Now regarding design values for places like Murree or Northern Pakistan, which receives biggest chunk of snowfall, my personal recommendation would be to use values for Fort McMurry, Alberta, Canada. You can use this link(http://www.jabacus.com/engineering/load/snowload.php) to quickly calculate snow load for Fort McMurry or any city in Canada. To establish a baseline, you can do a comparison of average annual snowfall for Fort McMurry(or whatever city you selected: Edmonton, Saskatoon and Regina would be some good choices in addition to Fort McMurry) to the area that you are designing to get a feel for how conservative your number are. You may have to some search on google for Pakistani Cities average snowfall data but it would be worth it. Do share it here if you come across any. This sums up my 2 cents. Thanks.