Unidentified gunmen on a motorbike intercepted a car and gunned down a family — including a couple and their two daughters — in the Maralpaar village in the limits of Ferozwala police station in Sheikhupura on Wednesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and IGP Rao Sardar Ali Khan took notice of the incident and sought reports of the incident from Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sheikhupura.

The motive for the murders has not been ascertained yet. The assailants managed to flee from the crime scene after killing the family.

Victim Shahnawaz was a resident of Batapur Lahore and he was going with his wife Zainab and two daughters  

The DPO Sheikhupura reached the spot and ordered the arrest of culprits at the earliest.

He vowed to arrest the accused as he ordered to increase the police pickets in nearby areas to nab the killers.

The DPO said the police teams were after the killers and soon they would be nabbed.

Police forensic teams collected evidence from the crime scene.

Reporter Tariq Malik