Washington, Dec 16 : US President George W. Bush has indicated that drone attacks on suspected terrorist targets inside Pakistan's tribal areas would continue, and added Washington will not consult other governments before ordering such strikes.

"You know very well that when it comes to certain matters, the US government doesn't discuss operations," said Bush when asked if Afghan President Hamid Karzai and he were on the same page on drone attacks.

Rawalpindi, Dec 16 : Thirty-nine activists of the Jamaat-ud-Daawa, a frontal organization of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, still remain untraced.

So far, Rawalpindi police have detained only one activist of JuD during crackdown on the Jihadi outfit.

According to an official report, after a ban on the outfit was pronounced on suspicion of its involvement in Mumbai attacks, the police sealed the JuD's five offices in Rawalpindi City, Jhelum and Attock, the Daily Times reported.

Nearly 40 JuD activists were named in the report, whereas the police had succeeded in arresting only Colonel (retired) Nazir from his residence in Chaklala Scheme III for three months.

Islamabad has refused to impose a ‘total ban’ on Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), thus raising questions about Pakistan’s commitment to co-operate with international community in eradicating terrorism inside its territory.

On December 10 the UN Security Council (UNSC) imposed sanctions on the JuD and identified four of its top commanders as terrorists, including JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and LeT operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks.

Islamabad, Dec. 15 : Pakistans's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Monday expressed their resolve to safeguard the country's defence and security and that Pakistan will itself investigate the elements posing threats in this regard.

Earlier, the Prime Minister held an important meeting with the President here at Aiwan-e-Sadar where Advisor to Prime Minister on National Security Mehmood Ali Durrani was also present.

Lahore, Dec. 15 : The crack down against the terror outfits in Pakistan may not have impressed India, but people in Pakistan are certainly facing the heat.

Religious preaching by the radical leaders of the country is being boycotted by the general public.

On a normal Friday afternoon, people used to throng the roads and streets near the Qadssiya mosque, where leader of the Jamaat-ud-dawa, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed preached. Typically eight thousand people used to visit the mosque.

Islamabad - Pakistani stocks fell sharply Monday after the main Karachi bourse removed trading curbs after three and a half months.

The Karachi Stock Exchange's main 100-share index slumped 370 points, or 4.03 per cent, to close at 8,817, the lowest since June 2006.

The exchange had placed a floor under the index in late August after it had lost more than 35 per cent during the year, dragged down by political uncertainties and rising terrorism in the Islamic republic.

Analysts believe after the removal of trading restrictions, Pakistani stocks may lose to 50 per cent of their value in the coming weeks.