ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government is seeking $500 million from the World Bank to provide water to rural areas and address sanitation problems in 16 districts and tehsils to serve a population of 6.65 million in the province. Interventions will include governance and institutional reforms, investments for both water supply and sanitation, strengthening monitoring through use of information technology, capacity development …

Karachi: Veteran pacer Wahab Riaz reveals that he was disappointed with the way he was sidelined from the national side based on just one series. The 35-year-old Wahab in an exclusive interview with ARY News said that he may not be on the favorites list of selectors. “If you ask me honestly, I was dishearted on getting dropped after having …

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has opened a job position for a full time ‘Psychologist’ for national cricketers at the National High-Performance Centre (NHPC), Lahore. According to details, an advertisement was also published by the board for interested candidates. The psychologist will work on the performance of the players as well as their personal issues. The psychologist will monitor …

NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) will carry on with games, its organisers said on Sunday, but came under heavy criticism for the plan as the country grapples with a massive surge in coronavirus cases. The New Indian Express and a sister publication said on Sunday they had decided to suspend its IPL coverage, while hundreds of fans lambasted the league …

Living in its glorious royal past, the laid-back district of Bahawalpur has everything an area can ask Mother Nature. Its history dates before the Indus Civilization and it has a massive riverine region as it falls on the southern bank of River Sutlej. While it has a huge irrigated landscape, two-thirds of the district is desert, and it also has …

A letter sent to the provincial health departments by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap), advising them to take necessary measures to stop government and private doctors from prescribing branded medicines and instead write salts/chemicals, is but reflective of the deep- rooted policy ad hocism and confusion prevalent at the regulator. The letter sent by Drap pharmacy services director …

Celebrities slayed the 2021 Oscars as there were many best-dressed celebrities. The stars of Hollywood dished out all the glitz and glamour as they served incredible looks in cinema’s biggest night. Take a look: Viola Davis: Carey Mulligan: Zendaya: Regina King:

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s largest financial institution with over Rs3.4 trillion portfolio, the state-run National Savings, has been without a regular head for more than two-and-a-half years and continues to operate on an ad hoc basis. Finance ministry officials told Dawn that the post had fallen vacant on September 1, 2018 when its director general Zafar Masood, who had been hired by the previous …

The 93rd Academy Awards finally took place in Los Angeles in a ceremony like no other. Last year’s winners  Laura Dern, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger were  present   at showbiz’s most esteemed  ceremony. This year COVID restrictions have whittled the VIP guest list down to only 170 people, from the usual 3,000 at the wold’s biggest film awards …

Margot Robbie stole the limelight with her stunning appearance in a shimmering floral gown and debuted a stylish fringe as she arrived at the 93rd Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted the world’s biggest movie awards show at the historic Union Station in Los Angeles, California on Sunday. This year COVID restrictions have whittled the …