Islamabad, Sept 24 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has constituted a committee to review security in Islamabad after Saturday''s massive suicide attack in which around 60 people were killed.

The committee, which will also review the existing system of disaster management, will present its recommendations within three days.

New York, Sept 24: US President George Bush has said that his country was ready to extend help to Pakistan to protect its sovereignty, and that Washington looked forward to “deepening our relationship” with its long term anti-terror ally.

Bush said while jointly appearing along with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari before the two attended the UN General Assembly session.

“Your words have been very strong about Pakistan’s sovereign right and sovereign duty to protect your country, and the United States wants to help,” the Daily Times quoted him as saying in New York.

Washington, Sept 24 : US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that the greatest threat of terrorism against the US came from the Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

“If you asked me today where the greatest threat to the homeland lies, I would tell you it’s in western Pakistan,” the Daily Times quoted Gates as telling a US Congressional panel.

In the recent past too, US officials have said that Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters used Pakistan’s Tribal Areas a safe haven to launch attacks inside Afghanistan and plot against the US.

Washington, Sept 24 : The US has denied a Pakistan claim of shooting down an unmanned American drone in South Waziristan last night.

“No such thing occurred,” one senior US official said while denying the reports, reported The Telegraph.

Earlier, reports had quoted Pakistani intelligence officials as saying local Taliban groups had shot down a drone on Tuesday night.

A Pakistani TV channel reported security forces had discovered the remains of the drone near the Afghan border. The channel said that the local Pashtun tribesmen claimed to have shot down the machine.

Islamabad, Sept 24 : A formal announcement about the dates of launching cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade in Kashmir is likely to be made after today’s meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, diplomatic sources said.

“This will be high on the agenda of bilateral talks between the two leaders in their first ever meeting,” informed diplomatic sources said.

Islamabad, Sept 24 : If Pakistan intelligence officials are to be believed, the country’s security forces shot down a suspected US military drone close to the Afghan border last night. If true, it would be the first US pilot-less aircraft brought down by Pakistan.

The aircraft was reportedly hit at the village of Jalal Khel in South Waziristan after it made several rounds of the area for several hours. Wreckage was strewn on the ground, said the Pakistan intelligence sources.