Man guns down seven of his family over land dispute.

SAHIWAL -- A man gunned down seven members of his family, including his mother, two brothers, a sister, a sister-in-law, two minor nephews and critically injured a niece, over 'unfair' distribution of the family's inherited land at Bari Rakh village on Depalpur Road, Pakpattan district, on Saturday.

As per police sources, the prime suspect, Sarwar, had a dispute over division of 48 acres of the family's agricultural land with his brothers. Meanwhile, Sarwar's elder brother, Iftikhar, got more than 25 acres transferred in his name and gave only five acres to the suspect and another younger brother Shaheryar.

The police sources said Sarwar harboured a grudge against Iftikhar and Shaheryar over the issue.

Locals said the village and family elders tried to resolve the issue by holding panchayats, but tension persisted among the brothers, as Sarwar insisted on redistribution of the land.

Two children, three women among those murdered; minor girl critically injured

Police sources said that on Saturday, Sarwar got enraged over the issue and first gunned down his brothers Iftikhar and Sheharyar, who were working in the fields, and later went home and killed the women, leaving his minor niece critically injured.

Police said on reaching home, the suspect first killed his mother, Basheean Bibi, who was asleep in the courtyard and later broke opened the door of a room where his sister-in-law Asia Bibi, wife of Iftikhar, her two sons, Ahad (9), Ahmed (11), his younger sister Muftah...