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August 5, 2010

Sleep at weekends boosts brain power

Scientists have discovered that an extra dose of sleep is more than just a luxury – it provides an essential boost to brain power ahead of the working week.

Those who return to work on Monday morning refreshed from a long lie-in the day before perform better than those who spent less time in bed at the weekend, research has found.

A single lie-in is all that is required to replenish the brain and boost energy, alertness and attention span after a week of restricted sleep, the study showed.Read More »Sleep at weekends boosts brain power

Karachi: Bakhatawar makes entry into politics

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By Tahir Hasan Khan
The daughter of former prime minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, has forayed into politics formally after attending a meeting with party members on Wednesday.

Bakhtawar is being groomed to take control over the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) as per the wishes of her father. The political activities of Bakhtawar formally began with a party meeting held at Bilawal House where party leaders briefed her about the reason of formation of the PPP, working of late chairman ZA Bhutto and late Benazir Bhutto as well as the party structure.

The meeting was convened by chief of PPP’s Women Wing, Faryal Talpur who also chaired the meeting. Secretary General, PPP Sindh, Taj Haider briefed Bakhtawar about the party functions and activities. Leaders who attended the meeting also introduced themselves to Bakhtawwar and further briefed her about the working of different party wings and policies as well. The party leaders and workers expect that Bakhtawar will be the next chief of the women’s wing of the party.
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LAHORE: FIA starts crackdown against ‘fraudulent’ student consultants

* Agency has so far registered cases against 150 consultants, rounded up dozens of others.

By Imran Chaudhry

The Federal Investigation Agency in Punjab has launched a crackdown against student consultants who are involved in illegal activities such as human trafficking and minting money from people through fraudulent practices.

There are hundreds of such consultants working across the province who allure students mostly from the middle and lower classes in the name of making them win scholarships and providing easy visas to different countries across the world.

Sources in the FIA told Daily Times that a number of criminals were even running human trafficking businesses in the guise of student consultancies and that they had connections with the “international mafia of human smugglers in the region”.
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