MIRAMSHAH, May 28: Two paramilitary soldiers, a suspected militant and a pro-government tribal elder were killed in two different incidents in North Waziristan Agency on Sunday

Officials said an explosion ripped through a car which had been stopped at a check-post in the Dattakhail area, jointly manned by the Frontier Corps and Khasadar force.

The driver and soldiers Ashraf Khan and Nazer Khan were killed and two other soldiers, Zulfiqar and Muntazim, wounded. They were taken to a military hospital,” they said.

The identity of the dead driver and cause of the explosion could not be ascertained, the officials added.

In Mirali bazaar, five masked men in a car sprayed a car with bullets, killing pro-government tribal elder Malik Takhti Khan on the spot, sources said.

The attackers fled in their car.

No group has claimed responsibility but officials said that militants’ involvement could not be ruled out.

Our Wana correspondent adds: Militants fired rockets on military outposts in the Shakai and Anzer Naray areas of South Waziristan Agency on Saturday night, sources said. But the rocket fire caused no casualty.