Mr Sharif chose to form an alliance last year with the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, the main political party in the city.

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The only original thought, supported by some in and out of the mohajir movement, would be to take the politics out of business by creating a new provincial capital for Sindh, and to turn Karachi into a free port.

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"We know the culture of the Taliban and can reason with them, to some extent, " said a Pashtun truck driver who moves concrete bricks around Korangi, a neighborhood dominated by the MQM, which represents the Mohajir community of Muslim refugees hailing from India.

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