Nazeer Abbasi () (b. April 10, 1953 — d. August 9, 1980) was the youngest member of the Central Committee of the

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. He was tortured to death on August 9, 1980 in government of

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

while in the custody of FIU Field Intelligence Unit of Pakistan Army. His family has accused former

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operative Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed Billa of torturing and killing Abbasi while in his custody, and Billa has admitted this in a TV interview.

Early life

Abbasi was born to Jan Muhammad Abbasi and Qamar-ul-Nisa in

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on April 10, 1953. After completing his intermediate education, he Started working at Municipal Committee

and Organized a Union of Municipal Workers. He went on to study at the

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where he got

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. He married Hameeda Ghanghro on 4 February 1978 and had a daughter, Zarqa Abbasi.

Political career

He started politics during student life. He was first arrested as a member of Azad Marorra Students Federation in 1969, which was demanding the publication of the electoral voter lists in Sindhi language. In prison he met communists and leaders of

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. In jail he was influenced by fellow political prisoners belonging to Sindh National Students Federation, an organization which he joined, and later became leader of. Abbasi was arrested again in May 1978 by military during the dictatorship of

Zia-ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

charged with publication of clandestine monthly Halchal and was sent to notorious prison

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Quetta. During that period many of the members of Sindh National Students Federation and

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were arrested from all over

. He was arrested again by the FIU Field Intelligence Unit of Pakistan Army's Brigadier Billa from Karachi on July 30, 1980, along with Professor

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, Amarlal,

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and

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, who were later joined by Sohail Sangi,

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and others. Abbasi was arrested on 30 July 1980 with other party workers. He was killed while the rest of the group were tried in a military court in what came to be known as the

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Death

Nazeer Abbasi was tortured to death on August 9, 1980.

References

External links

Leftists want arrest of leader’s killers

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, 8 August 2009
Demand to reopen Abbasi murder case

, 10 August 2009
Nazir Abbasi – A legendary Hero of Sindh
Indus Asia Online Journal, 1 August 2009
Biography of Nazeer Abbasi
by Hassan Mujtaba {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbasi, Nazeer Sindhi people Communist Party of Pakistan politicians 1980 deaths 1953 births University of Sindh alumni