{"id":272342,"date":"2022-07-20T13:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T08:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=272342"},"modified":"2022-07-20T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T08:47:29","slug":"miftah-blames-political-turmoil-as-pkr-falls-to-record-low-against-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/miftah-blames-political-turmoil-as-pkr-falls-to-record-low-against-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"Miftah blames \u2018political turmoil\u2019 as PKR falls to record low against dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rupee continued its fall in the interbank market on Wednesday, with the local currency sliding to a historic low of Rs225 against the dollar as Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said political turmoil was to blame for the downturn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe panic in the market is primarily due to political turmoil, which will subside in a few days,\u201d Ismail told Reuters, adding that he expected pressure on the 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