More than 90 per cent of the total population of the district have moved to higher ground like the highway.

The alleys of Lyari ring no more with the sounds of gunshots - for the moment at least.

“I pay Rs70,000 tax on my agricultural land,” the minister for communications and works, Manzoor Hussain Wassan said.

“I will give away all my land to anyone for a shop in Karachi,” said minister from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

President Asif Ali Zardari met with an Awami National Party (ANP) delegation at the Bilawal House to discuss target killings.

Human trafficking is a growing menace in Lyari as it has lost several of its residents to the phenomenon.