Out of a total 1,326 nomination papers filed by the candidates in Rawalpindi Division for contesting general elections 2013 for 16 National Assembly and 27 Provincial Assembly seats including two constituencies of federal capital, 16 Returning Officers (ROs) accepted 1230.Data complied by Regional Election Commissioner Rawalpindi Divisionoffice revealed that 96 nomination papers of the candidates were rejected by the Returning Officers due to various reasons in the scrutiny process which continued for seven days from April 1 to April 7.Returning Officer for NA-48, Isl

A US judge entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of alleged Aurora theater gunman James Holmes on Tuesday, after his lawyers said they were not ready to enter a plea. The judge left it open for lawyers for the 25-year-old to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity at a later date, at Holmes's arraignment for the killing of 12 people in the Colorado town of Aurora last July. Judge William Sylvester set a trial date for August 5 for Holmes, who watched proceedings wearing a reddish prison jump suit in a courtroom packed with relatives and media.

A military judge ordered the US government Thursday to stop censoring September 11 pre-trial hearings from outside his courtroom. Judge James Pohl said the government must "disconnect the outside feed or ability to suspend the broadcast" from outside his court. Proceedings are heard in the press room, and in a room where human rights groups and victims families sit, with a 40 second delay. This is done so that a security officer sitting next to the judge can block anything deemed classified.