India, June 16 -- Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reportedly called on authorities in Islamabad to investigate the shooting of a nine-year-old Australian girl of Pakistani origin who was there on vacation with her family.

Nine-year-old Hania was shot dead, her father and brother were critically injured after police personnel "mistakenly" open fired at the family's car suspecting them to be robbers in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Sunday, news agency PTI reported.

The incident is said to have taken place in Chakwal district, about 300 km from Lahore on June 10, sending shockwaves across both Australia and Pakistan.

The family of four - Adeel Ahmed, 39, his wife Dr Sidra Khan, daughter Hania, 9, and son Aafan,...