Gunned down: Mohammed Yousaf and his daughterTania, who were killed along with mother Pervaze Yousaf in Pakistan yesterday
Mother Pervaze Yousaf also died in the attack
One of the two suspects captured in the killing stares out from behind bars in a Pakistani jail
Mohammad and Pervaze Yousaf and their 22-year-old daughter Tania, from Nelson in Lancashire, were visiting the country for a wedding when they were attacked, according to police.
Covered with a blanket, the body of one of the victims is carried away
Mohammad and Pervaze Yousaf and their daughter Tania were killed in a village in the district of Gujrat in north-east Pakistan
Tragedy: Three members of a British family have been shot dead in Pakistan. They lived on this road in Nelson, Lancashire
Family member Eileen Ansar talks to the media outside of the home of Mohammad and Pervaze Yousaf and their daughter Tania, in Nelson, Lancashire today
An unidentified woman also died in the shooting.They were killed in a village in the district of Gujrat in north-east Pakistan in the early hours of yesterday after a row over the relationship between a son of Mr and Mrs Yousaf and a local woman, according to a family friend.
Two of the alleged gunmen were arrested and police were hunting another two suspects in connection with the attack.
The gunmen were believed to be nephews of the murdered couple.
Family friend Mohammed Iqbal claimed they were killed while paying their respects during a visit to a cemetery.
Mr Iqbal, who sits on Pendle Borough Council and Lancashire County Council, said: 'They were leaving the graveyard of someone that had passed away.
'It was a family dispute that obviously went horribly wrong.
'Mr Yousaf's son was married to a girl from Pakistan and there have been some problems with the marriage and that's the dispute that's happened.'
He added that two of Mr Yousaf's sons had returned early to Lancashire from Pakistan but had flown back to the country after being told of the deaths.
He said: 'They went for a wedding and a holiday and they are now having to bury members of their family.'
Mr Iqbal said it was not clear which of Mr Yousaf's sons was involved in the arranged marriage.
Another family member, Eileen Ansar, said the dispute arose after a marriage breakdown between Mr Yousaf's eldest son and his wife, who she would not name.
Ms Ansar, who is married to Mr Yousaf's cousin Mohammed, said: 'There have been tensions since the son and girl separated but the father treated her like his own daughter.
'Most of the family went out to Pakistan for the wedding of his eldest son, Asad, but he and his wife stayed on for a few days after.
'They had gone to a cemetery to pay their respects to those who had passed away since they had last visited the country.
'Four men approached them and started firing.
'It is an absolute tragedy. You could not meet nicer people, they never did harm to anyone. It has destroyed the family.'
Ms Ansar, a councillor in the Clover Hill ward in Nelson, said around 70 members of the extended family flew out to Pakistan following news of the deaths.
Mr Iqbal said he had known taxi driver Mr Yousaf for 20 years and added that the whole family were 'devastated'.
Tributes were paid to Tania on a Facebook page set up in her memory by friends.
One of them, Steph Roden wrote: 'It's awful that could happen to anyone. She was so innocent and quiet at school. God bless to all the family xxx'.
Another, Lisa Dickens, said: 'My thoughts are with the family at this awful time!!'
Lancashire police said officers are providing support to family members in Nelson and are working with Pakistani authorities.
A spokesman said: 'Lancashire police have been informed of an incident in Pakistan which occurred in the early hours of May 20.
'Three members of a family from Nelson who were visiting the country for a wedding were killed in a shooting incident.
'Officers are speaking with family members in Nelson and they are being offered support at this difficult time.'
A spokeswoman added: 'It is believed to involve a family dispute and there may have been other people injured as a result of the incident.'
The Foreign Office said it is investigating reports of the shooting.
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