In Pakistan, an anti-terrorism judge in Rawalpindi today rejected an application by prosecutors to declare Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving attacker involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and terror suspect Fahim Ansari as fugitives saying that they were not deliberately avoiding court proceedings in Pakistan. Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed who is conducting the trial of seven Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks, gave his decision after hearing arguments by prosecution and defence lawyers. The next hearing of the case has been fixed for the 9th of next month.A similar plea by the prosecution was earlier rejected by another anti-terrorism judge last year.