jkhjk<\/p>","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-17 05:24:24","total_views":57,"created_at":"2023-04-17T05:24:24.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:15.000000Z"},{"id":15,"title":"Rs103b sanctioned for circular debt","slug":"rs103b-sanctioned-for-circular-debt","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"The Ministry of Finance gave the subsidy to settle the claims of K-Electric (KE) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The Rs103 billion unbudgeted subsidy is the first tranche of additional power subsidies worth Rs335 billion that Islamabad had agreed to pay under an understanding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in February, according to government sources.\r\n\r\nAt a time when the Power Division was in process of clearing additional subsidy claims, the PM revealed that the \u201coutstanding dues of the Chinese power plants have increased to Rs450 billion\u201d. The PM made the statement while addressing a meeting of the parliamentary party.\r\n\r\nPM Sharif said that the Chinese dues had mounted to Rs450 billion despite his government paying Rs150 billion to the Chinese producers during the past one year.\r\n\r\nIn breach of its commitments under various agreements signed with the Chinese power producers, Pakistan has not been able to pay the cost of electricity in a timely manner due to the poor performance of the power sector and a shortage of foreign currency. The Chinese power plants are facing an acute shortage of raw material \u2013 primarily coal \u2013 required to run the plants and are so far showing restraint by not triggering dispute settlement mechanisms.\r\n\r\nThe huge outstanding dues on account of power purchases underscores the financial meltdown of the power sector due to fewer budgeted subsidies, higher line losses, low recovery of electricity bills and inefficiency of the public sector.\r\n\r\nFor the current fiscal year, the government had budgeted Rs570 billion in power subsidies, which after a recent understanding with the IMF, will now surge to a minimum of Rs905 billion.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:10:34","total_views":50,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:10:34.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:40.000000Z"},{"id":2,"title":"Xi and Putin pledge to shape new world order, no peace in sight for Ukraine","slug":"xi-and-putin-pledge-to-shape-new-world-order-no-peace-in-sight-for-ukraine","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Xi made a strong show of solidarity with Putin against the West, but he barely mentioned the Ukraine conflict and said on Tuesday that China had an \"impartial position\". There was no sign that Xi's efforts to play the role of peacemaker had yielded results.\r\n\r\nYet, as Xi departed he told Putin: \"Now there are changes that haven't happened in 100 years. When we are together, we drive these changes.\"\r\n\r\n\"I agree,\" Putin said, to which Xi responded: \u201cTake care of yourself dear friend, please.\u201d\r\n\r\nCommenting on the Xi-Putin meeting, the White House said China's position was not impartial and urged Beijing to pressure Russia to withdraw from Ukraine's sovereign territory in order to end Europe's biggest conflict since World War Two.\r\n\r\nOvernight while Xi was in Moscow, Russian forces launched a \"massive air strike\", firing 21 Shahed-136 drones, the General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces said on Wednesday.\r\n\r\nAs Xi prepared to leave Moscow, air raid sirens blared across the Ukraine capital Kyiv and in Ukraine's north and east, with reports of drone attacks, but no major destruction.\r\n\r\nHeralded by the Kremlin as a show of support from its most powerful friend, Xi's visit to Moscow featured carefully staged pomp and ceremony, but the spectacle was also marked by plenty of demonstrative bonhomie between the two autocrats.\r\n\r\nXi and Putin referred to each other as dear friends, promised economic cooperation and described their countries' relations as the best they have ever been.\r\n\r\n\"They (the leaders) shared the view that this relationship has gone far beyond the bilateral scope and acquired critical importance for the global landscape and the future of humanity,\" said a statement released by China.\r\n\r\nPutin said on the Kremlin's website: \"We are working in solidarity on the formation of a more just and democratic multipolar world order, which should be based on the central role of the UN, its Security Council, international law, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.\"\r\n\r\nIn an earlier joint statement the leaders accused the West of undermining global stability and NATO of barging into the Asia-Pacific region, but asserted the close partnership between China and Russia did not constitute a \"military-political alliance.\"\r\n\r\nOn Ukraine, Putin praised Xi for a peace plan he proposed last month, and blamed Kyiv and the West for rejecting. The West sees China's peace plan as a ploy to buy Putin time to regroup his forces and solidify his grip on occupied land.\r\n\r\nChina's 12-point plan has no specific details on how to end the bloody year-long war, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives and forced millions to flee.\r\n\r\nThe West has sought to isolate Russia through global sanctions and Putin faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-23 05:34:54","total_views":38,"created_at":"2023-03-23T05:34:54.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:52.000000Z"},{"id":9,"title":"Massive asteroid to pass by Earth on weekend","slug":"massive-asteroid-to-pass-by-earth-on-weekend","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"An asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon this weekend - luckily for us, missing both.\r\n\r\nThe object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday, it will pass within 515,000km of the moon, before flying by Earth hours later.\r\n\r\nIt is rare for such a huge asteroid - estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter - to come so close to the planet.\r\n\r\nAccording to Nasa, it's an important opportunity for astronomers to increase their knowledge of asteroids, in the event that a dangerous object were discovered with the potential to hit Earth.\r\n\r\n\"There is no chance of this 'city killer' striking Earth, but its close approach offers a great opportunity for observations,\" said the European Space Agency's planetary defence chief, Richard Moissl.\r\n\r\nAs it is passing just 68,000km away, the asteroid will be visible through binoculars and small telescopes across the globe.\r\n\r\nA live web broadcast of its approach will be provided by The Virtual Telescope Project.\r\n\r\nThe object looks set to return towards Earth's orbit in 2026, but scientists have ruled it out as a threat to the planet on that occasion, too.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-24 17:22:51","total_views":38,"created_at":"2023-03-24T17:22:51.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:10.000000Z"},{"id":3,"title":"Tom Brady: NFL legend becomes part-owner of Las Vegas Aces","slug":"tom-brady-nfl-legend-becomes-part-owner-of-las-vegas-aces","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady has become a part-owner of WNBA champions the Las Vegas Aces.\r\n\r\nBrady, 45, who retired from American football in February, said he was \"honoured\" to acquire a stake in the organisation.\r\n\r\nMajority owner Mark Davis called it a \"win for women's professional sports\". The deal is pending league approval.\r\n\r\n\"My love for women's sports began at a young age when I would tag along to all my older sisters' games,\" Brady said.\r\n\r\n\"They were by far the best athletes in our house. We celebrated their accomplishments together as a family, and they remain a great inspiration to me.\"\r\n\r\nDavis, who also owns the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, said: \"Since I purchased the Aces, our goal has been to win on and off the court.\r\n\r\n\"Tom Brady is a win not only for the Aces, and the WNBA, but for women's professional sports as a whole.\"\r\n\r\nDavis purchased the Aces prior to the 2021 season and they defeated the Connecticut Sun to win the WNBA title in 2022.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-24 12:49:18","total_views":36,"created_at":"2023-03-24T12:49:18.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:32:20.000000Z"},{"id":1,"title":"post title","slug":"post-title","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"ghjghj","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-22 16:14:38","total_views":34,"created_at":"2023-03-22T16:14:38.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-31T10:36:53.000000Z"},{"id":6,"title":"Women's Super League: Five talking points including a top-of-table duel and relegation battle","slug":"womens-super-league-five-talking-points-including-a-top-of-table-duel-and-relegation-battle","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"After a weekend of FA Cup quarter-finals, the Women's Super League is back with an action-packed schedule on Women's Football Weekend - an annual event which sees the women's game take centre stage.\r\n\r\nThe Women's Football Weekend first started in 2019 to coincide with an international break in the men's game as a way of attracting more fans to women's matches.\r\n\r\nThis time around it is bringing top-of-the-table clashes, relegation scraps, derby bouts and big stadiums.\r\n\r\nHere are the main talking points before this weekend's games.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-24 12:51:50","total_views":34,"created_at":"2023-03-24T12:51:50.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:32:28.000000Z"}],"latestPosts":[{"id":21,"title":"new post test","slug":"new-post-test","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":"hjkjhk","description":"
jkhjk<\/p>","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-17 05:24:24","total_views":57,"created_at":"2023-04-17T05:24:24.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:15.000000Z","category":{"id":1,"name":"Sports","slug":"sports","description":"test","created_at":null,"updated_at":null}},{"id":20,"title":"new post","slug":"new-post","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":"Short Description","description":"Description","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-16 13:08:04","total_views":24,"created_at":"2023-04-16T13:08:04.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-31T10:36:52.000000Z","category":{"id":1,"name":"Sports","slug":"sports","description":"test","created_at":null,"updated_at":null}},{"id":19,"title":"Rupee hits all-time low at 288 against USD","slug":"rupee-hits-all-time-low-at-288-against-usd","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"The currency slumped 1% (or Rs2.86) to Rs287.90 against the greenback at around 10:23 am today. A day earlier, the rupee had closed at Rs285.04 per US dollar.\r\n\r\nLast month, the rupee had hit a record low, closing at Rs285.09 per US dollar on February 3, 2023.\r\n\r\nMarket talks suggest that importers have resumed the panic buying of US dollars, while the supply of foreign currency remained low in the interbank market.\r\n\r\nThis situation is seen after the government said that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar would visit the United States on April 10-16 and make efforts to resume the IMF loan programme worth $6.5 billion.\r\n\r\nThe government said that during his visit, Dar will be attending the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank along with other high officials in Washington DC.\r\n\r\nRead Rupee just Rs0.05 away from all-time low\r\n\r\nPakistan has remained in talks with the Fund since late January to resume the programme stalled since November 2022.\r\n\r\nThe delay has caused choking inflows of foreign financing. Accordingly, the country's foreign exchange reserves have depleted to a critically low level at $4.2 billion at present.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:19:05","total_views":30,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:19:05.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:18.000000Z","category":{"id":1,"name":"Sports","slug":"sports","description":"test","created_at":null,"updated_at":null}},{"id":18,"title":"1 million Pakistanis to get work visas","slug":"1-million-pakistanis-to-get-work-visas","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Turi made this announcement in an exclusive interview with a private television channel on Sunday. \u201cSaudi authorities will be visiting Pakistan soon to issue work permit visas and new agreements are being signed with 50 other countries, including Germany, Greece, and Romania,\u201d he added. Minister Turi also said Pakistanis who pass the technical training test will be eligible to obtain Saudi visas.\r\n\r\nAccording to the minister, Japan has recently started issuing visas for skilled Pakistani workers, while South Korea needs 10,000 Pakistani skilled workers and plans to recruit them soon.\r\n\r\nIn addition, Pakistanis are now able to obtain work visas for Germany and Romania, and agreements are in progress to provide professional and labor visas for Portugal and Greece.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:18:33","total_views":31,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:18:33.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:48.000000Z","category":{"id":1,"name":"Sports","slug":"sports","description":"test","created_at":null,"updated_at":null}},{"id":17,"title":"urgently to avert public debt crisis: World Bank","slug":"urgently-to-avert-public-debt-crisis-world-bank","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Loans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World BankLoans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World Bank","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:16:01","total_views":19,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:16:01.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:44.000000Z","category":{"id":1,"name":"Sports","slug":"sports","description":"test","created_at":null,"updated_at":null}},{"id":16,"title":"Fire breaks out at Dasu dam camp","slug":"fire-breaks-out-at-dasu-dam-camp","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Since 2015, Beijing has poured billions of dollars into Pakistan under an investment scheme known as the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).\r\n\r\nPrivate firms have also flooded over the border to service contracts on ambitious infrastructure projects, despite persistent threats from terrorist attacks.\r\n\r\nPolice said on Tuesday\u2019s pre-dawn blaze ruined a warehouse complex for the Dasu hydropower project in the Kohistan district.\r\n\r\n\"It was a huge fire,\" a Rescue 1122 official at the site told AFP. \"Initially, the flames were very high and we had to call for fire brigade vehicles from two other districts.\"\r\n\r\n\"It was quite a big storehouse, and apart from oil drums, stationery and machinery were also stockpiled there. That's all been destroyed in the fire,\" he added.\r\n\r\nIn 2017, the water ministry awarded the construction contract for the Dasu dam to the China Gezhouba Group Company.\r\n\r\nThe camp housed Chinese engineers, surveyors and mechanics, but both police and Rescue 1122 said none were injured or killed.\r\n\r\nOne police official said an electrical fault was the suspected cause of the fire.\r\n\r\nIn July 2021, 12 people -- including nine Chinese workers -- were killed aboard a bus carrying staff to the Dasu site, with Beijing insisting it was a bomb attack.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:13:24","total_views":214,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:13:24.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:57.000000Z","category":{"id":1,"name":"Sports","slug":"sports","description":"test","created_at":null,"updated_at":null}}],"most_read_six_posts":[{"id":18,"title":"1 million Pakistanis to get work visas","slug":"1-million-pakistanis-to-get-work-visas","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Turi made this announcement in an exclusive interview with a private television channel on Sunday. \u201cSaudi authorities will be visiting Pakistan soon to issue work permit visas and new agreements are being signed with 50 other countries, including Germany, Greece, and Romania,\u201d he added. Minister Turi also said Pakistanis who pass the technical training test will be eligible to obtain Saudi visas.\r\n\r\nAccording to the minister, Japan has recently started issuing visas for skilled Pakistani workers, while South Korea needs 10,000 Pakistani skilled workers and plans to recruit them soon.\r\n\r\nIn addition, Pakistanis are now able to obtain work visas for Germany and Romania, and agreements are in progress to provide professional and labor visas for Portugal and Greece.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:18:33","total_views":31,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:18:33.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:48.000000Z"},{"id":19,"title":"Rupee hits all-time low at 288 against USD","slug":"rupee-hits-all-time-low-at-288-against-usd","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"The currency slumped 1% (or Rs2.86) to Rs287.90 against the greenback at around 10:23 am today. A day earlier, the rupee had closed at Rs285.04 per US dollar.\r\n\r\nLast month, the rupee had hit a record low, closing at Rs285.09 per US dollar on February 3, 2023.\r\n\r\nMarket talks suggest that importers have resumed the panic buying of US dollars, while the supply of foreign currency remained low in the interbank market.\r\n\r\nThis situation is seen after the government said that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar would visit the United States on April 10-16 and make efforts to resume the IMF loan programme worth $6.5 billion.\r\n\r\nThe government said that during his visit, Dar will be attending the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank along with other high officials in Washington DC.\r\n\r\nRead Rupee just Rs0.05 away from all-time low\r\n\r\nPakistan has remained in talks with the Fund since late January to resume the programme stalled since November 2022.\r\n\r\nThe delay has caused choking inflows of foreign financing. Accordingly, the country's foreign exchange reserves have depleted to a critically low level at $4.2 billion at present.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:19:05","total_views":30,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:19:05.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:18.000000Z"},{"id":5,"title":"Boat Races 2023: Noam Mouelle - French particle physicist keen to win with Cambridge","slug":"boat-races-2023-noam-mouelle-french-particle-physicist-keen-to-win-with-cambridge","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Noam Mouelle has certainly taken an unorthodox route from the suburbs of Paris to a seat in the Cambridge men's crew for the 168th Boat Race.\r\n\r\nIntroduced to rowing at the age of nine because his mother wanted him to do an outdoor sport, he now regards it as \"like meditation - it's an enjoyable feeling\".\r\n\r\nAnd he will become one of a very small number of non-white male oarsmen to take part in the historic 6.8km contest when the Light Blues meet Oxford on the Thames on Sunday.\r\n\r\nWhile he does not regard himself as a \"trailblazer\", Mouelle believes there are more opportunities in French rowing for people from diverse backgrounds.\r\n\r\n\"The rowing culture in France and in the UK are slightly different. People in the UK mostly learn to row in schools, but for the schools to have enough money to get good rowing equipment you need to be in a private school,\" the 21-year-old told BBC Look East.\r\n\r\n\"It's only a certain demographic that can get to private schools, which is why you have a bit less diversity here in rowing.\r\n\r\n\"In France, it's not the case. People go to rowing clubs. People row for their school, but they use the facilities of their rowing club. It makes the sport noticeably more diverse. I see why it would be noticed here but in France it wouldn't be a big deal.\"\r\n\r\nAmerican Daphne Martschenko became the first non-white rower to compete in the race when she was part of the Cambridge women's crew which lost to Oxford in 2015 and 2016.\r\n\r\nIn 2018, British Rowing's club guide said that only 4% of its members were from non-white backgrounds - that number has since risen to 6.2%.\r\n\r\nIn a statement, British Rowing said: \"The primary outcome of increased investment from Sport England is to drive a once in a generation opportunity for cultural change in the sport of rowing, providing clear and tangible opportunities for those who would not otherwise access the sport to do so, critically in a way in which provides a pathway for long term involvement in the sport.\r\n\r\n\"At a grassroots level there are growing number of successful rowing outreach programmes which provide an introduction into rowing for communities who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity.\r\n\r\n\"Within the talent pathway we have a number of programmes which aspire to change the make-up of the GB Rowing team, aiming to target individuals and communities who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to realise their talent.\r\n\r\n\"The investment provided through Sport England will enable the foundations which have been laid above to be built upon in a way which creates a genuine, sustainable change in the long-term vision of those within the sport, and crucially the perceptions and experience of those outside of it.\"","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-24 12:51:12","total_views":26,"created_at":"2023-03-24T12:51:12.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:06.000000Z"},{"id":10,"title":"PTI\u2019s letter to the UN: A political weapon or defamation of state?","slug":"ptis-letter-to-the-un-a-political-weapon-or-defamation-of-state","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"It is disturbing to see that in recent days the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership has started writing letters to international organisations and foreign officials about the events taking place in Pakistan. This is yet another manifestation of the party\u2019s policy to defame its institutions based on exaggerations, fabrications and outright lies.\r\n\r\nTwo such letters have surfaced this past week. One is addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and has been written by a group calling itself \u201cPhysicians of Pakistani Descent in the USA\u201d and the other is addressed to UN Special Rapporteur Dr Alice Jill Edwards which is written by PTI Senior Vice President Dr Shireen Mazari. Both of these letters ask the UN officials to take note of what the writers claim are human rights violations being perpetrated against their supporters by the government of Pakistan.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:00:26","total_views":25,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:00:26.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:32.000000Z"},{"id":12,"title":"Loans required urgently to avert public debt crisis: World Bank","slug":"loans-required-urgently-to-avert-public-debt-crisis-world-bank","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"The Pakistan Development Update \u2013 a flagship report from the lender, has warned Pakistan about serious dangers to its economic and debt viability while projecting almost flat economic growth, with an average inflation rate of 29.5% for the current fiscal year.\r\n\r\nThe future also remains \u201chighly uncertain\u201d, with only 0.4% economic growth projected this year and 2% for the next fiscal year. The average inflation rate for FY2023 is projected at 29.5% and at 18.5% for next year \u2013 indicating that the annual inflation rate will be much higher.\r\n\r\nIn the absence of public transfers that cover income losses or mitigate the impact of higher prices, \u201cpoverty is projected to increase to 37.2% in FY23, pushing an additional 3.9 million people into poverty as compared to last fiscal year,\u201d according to the World Bank.\r\n\r\nAlso read: Rupee hits all-time low at 288 against USD\r\n\r\nPoverty is measured at the lower middle-income poverty line, $3.65 per day based on 2017 PPPs per capita. The depth and severity of poverty has also increased, reflecting the overlapping impacts of multiple shocks and households\u2019 lack of savings to mitigate short-term impacts.\r\n\r\nThe WB said that the inflation outlook suggested that real interest rates will remain in the negative, possibly warranting further policy tightening in the near-term.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:03:43","total_views":25,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:03:43.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:32:08.000000Z"},{"id":20,"title":"new post","slug":"new-post","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":"Short Description","description":"Description","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-16 13:08:04","total_views":24,"created_at":"2023-04-16T13:08:04.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-31T10:36:52.000000Z"}],"related_posts":[{"id":21,"title":"new post test","slug":"new-post-test","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":"hjkjhk","description":"
jkhjk<\/p>","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-17 05:24:24","total_views":57,"created_at":"2023-04-17T05:24:24.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:15.000000Z"},{"id":20,"title":"new post","slug":"new-post","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":"Short Description","description":"Description","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-16 13:08:04","total_views":24,"created_at":"2023-04-16T13:08:04.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-31T10:36:52.000000Z"},{"id":19,"title":"Rupee hits all-time low at 288 against USD","slug":"rupee-hits-all-time-low-at-288-against-usd","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"The currency slumped 1% (or Rs2.86) to Rs287.90 against the greenback at around 10:23 am today. A day earlier, the rupee had closed at Rs285.04 per US dollar.\r\n\r\nLast month, the rupee had hit a record low, closing at Rs285.09 per US dollar on February 3, 2023.\r\n\r\nMarket talks suggest that importers have resumed the panic buying of US dollars, while the supply of foreign currency remained low in the interbank market.\r\n\r\nThis situation is seen after the government said that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar would visit the United States on April 10-16 and make efforts to resume the IMF loan programme worth $6.5 billion.\r\n\r\nThe government said that during his visit, Dar will be attending the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank along with other high officials in Washington DC.\r\n\r\nRead Rupee just Rs0.05 away from all-time low\r\n\r\nPakistan has remained in talks with the Fund since late January to resume the programme stalled since November 2022.\r\n\r\nThe delay has caused choking inflows of foreign financing. Accordingly, the country's foreign exchange reserves have depleted to a critically low level at $4.2 billion at present.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:19:05","total_views":30,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:19:05.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:18.000000Z"},{"id":18,"title":"1 million Pakistanis to get work visas","slug":"1-million-pakistanis-to-get-work-visas","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Turi made this announcement in an exclusive interview with a private television channel on Sunday. \u201cSaudi authorities will be visiting Pakistan soon to issue work permit visas and new agreements are being signed with 50 other countries, including Germany, Greece, and Romania,\u201d he added. Minister Turi also said Pakistanis who pass the technical training test will be eligible to obtain Saudi visas.\r\n\r\nAccording to the minister, Japan has recently started issuing visas for skilled Pakistani workers, while South Korea needs 10,000 Pakistani skilled workers and plans to recruit them soon.\r\n\r\nIn addition, Pakistanis are now able to obtain work visas for Germany and Romania, and agreements are in progress to provide professional and labor visas for Portugal and Greece.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:18:33","total_views":31,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:18:33.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:48.000000Z"}],"recommended_Posts":[{"id":10,"title":"PTI\u2019s letter to the UN: A political weapon or defamation of state?","slug":"ptis-letter-to-the-un-a-political-weapon-or-defamation-of-state","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"It is disturbing to see that in recent days the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership has started writing letters to international organisations and foreign officials about the events taking place in Pakistan. This is yet another manifestation of the party\u2019s policy to defame its institutions based on exaggerations, fabrications and outright lies.\r\n\r\nTwo such letters have surfaced this past week. One is addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and has been written by a group calling itself \u201cPhysicians of Pakistani Descent in the USA\u201d and the other is addressed to UN Special Rapporteur Dr Alice Jill Edwards which is written by PTI Senior Vice President Dr Shireen Mazari. Both of these letters ask the UN officials to take note of what the writers claim are human rights violations being perpetrated against their supporters by the government of Pakistan.","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-05 15:00:26","total_views":25,"created_at":"2023-04-05T15:00:26.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:31:32.000000Z"},{"id":4,"title":"Johnny Sexton: Cullen unsure whether injured fly-half's Leinster season is over","slug":"johnny-sexton-cullen-unsure-whether-injured-fly-halfs-leinster-season-is-over","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"Leo Cullen has said he does not know whether Johnny Sexton will play again for Leinster this season after being injured in Ireland's win over England.\r\n\r\nSexton, 37, sustained a groin injury late in Ireland's Grand Slam-clinching victory last weekend.\r\n\r\n\"I don't know is the honest answer,\" said the Leinster coach about Sexton's prospects of playing again this season.\r\n\r\n\"I'm not expecting anything. I'm hopeful but I'm not sure unfortunately. He is going to see a specialist.\"","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-24 12:50:04","total_views":90,"created_at":"2023-03-24T12:50:04.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-19T06:32:05.000000Z"},{"id":20,"title":"new post","slug":"new-post","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":"Short Description","description":"Description","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-04-16 13:08:04","total_views":24,"created_at":"2023-04-16T13:08:04.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-31T10:36:52.000000Z"},{"id":1,"title":"post title","slug":"post-title","image":"\/storage\/fixed\/placeholder.gif","short_description":null,"description":"ghjghj","category_id":1,"user_id":1,"published_at":"2023-03-22 16:14:38","total_views":34,"created_at":"2023-03-22T16:14:38.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-08-31T10:36:53.000000Z"}]}