Three soldiers, children martyred in suicide blast near Miranshah: ISPR.

Three Pakistan Army soldiers and as many children were martyred after a suicide blast occurred in the vicinity of Miranshah, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday.

In a brief statement, the military's media affairs wing identified the martyred soldiers as 33-year-old Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir from Pakpattan, 21-year-old Sepoy Uzair Asfar from Haripur and 22-year-old Sepoy Qasim Maqsood from Multan.

Meanwhile, the children were identified as 11-year-old Ahmed Hassan, eight-year-old Ahsan and four-year-old Anum.

'Intelligence agencies are investigating to find out about [the] suicide bomber and his handlers and facilitators,' the statement concluded.

Separately, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the suicide attack and expressed grief over the lives lost. In a statement, PM Shehbaz also paid special tribute to the martyred soldiers, and offered his condolences to the families of the children.

'The killers of innocent children are the enemies of both Islam and humanity. We will not sit idle until this brutality is eradicated,' he said, vowing to punish the facilitators of the attacker.

He went on to say that the sacrifices rendered by the armed forces was a golden chapter in the country's history, adding that Pakistan was proud of its martyrs.

Taking to Twitter, the prime minister also said: 'Blood of our soldiers and citizens is a debt on us that we will repay...