KARACHI: Provincial minister Sindh Rafique Engineer’s house in Karachi’s Lyari area has been set to fire on Wednesday by unidentified people, DawnNews reported.

Rafique Engineer was elected to the provincial assembly from Lyari.

Talking to DawnNews, Engineer said that his house was looted and then set to fire by the criminal elements.

His family members remained safe, sources said.

The minister said that people responsible for disturbing peace in Lyari are responsible for this act too.

“My entire life was spent in that house; I relocated after becoming the minister,” he added.