PML-N leader and former municipality chairman Sheikh Shabbir was killed in an assassination attack in Muridke.
According to the police, Sheikh Shabir Ahmed was leaving his floor factory near the deceased on GT Road and was going to his home in Lahore by car when the accused in the car who were sitting in ambush on the way opened fire on him.
Police say that unknown persons fired at the vehicle and escaped easily.
The body of the deceased Sheikh Shabir Ahmed has been shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Muridke for post-mortem.
Police say that the accused are being searched with the help of CCTV cameras.