*ISLAMABAD – Three Pakistan Army officers and one soldier were martyred onFriday in an IED explosion near a military vehicle in North Waziristan. *
Four people were injured, according to the military’s media wing. Itoccurred near the check-post in Kharqamar. The IED was planted near theroad.
The security forces have been conducting search operations in the area andeven arrested facilitators of terror suspects.
The martyred officers have been identified as Lt Col Raashid Karim Baig,who was a resident of Hunza’s Karimabad, Major Moeez Maqsood Baig, whobelonged to Karachi, Captain Arifullah, a resident of Lakki Marwat, andLance Havaldar Zaheer, who hails from Chakwal.