Background
Abbasi was born to January Muhammad Abbasi and Qamar-ul-Nisa in Tando Allahyar, Sindh, Pakistan on April 10, 1952.
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Career
He was tortured to death on August 9, 1980 while in the custody of FIU Field Intelligence Unit of Pakistan Army. His family has accused former Inter-Services Intelligence operative Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed Billa of torturing and killing Abbasi while in his custody, and Imtiaz Ahmed Billa has also admitted this in a television interview. After completing his intermediate education, he Started working at Municipal Committee Tando Allahyar and Organized a Union of Municipal Workers.
He went on to study at the Sindh University where he got Bachelor of Science in Political science.
In prison he met communists and leaders of Sindh National Students Federation. In jail he was influenced by fellow political prisoners belonging to Sindh National Students Fedeation, 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 charged with publication of clandestine monthly Halchal and was sent to notorious prison Quli Camp Quetta. He was arrested again by the FIU Field Intelligence Unit of Pakistan Army"s Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed Billa from Karachi on July 30, 1980, along with Professor Jamal Naqvi, Amarlal, Kamal Warsi and Shabbir Shar, who were later joined by Sohail Sangi, Badar Abro and others
Nazeer Abbasi was tortured to death on August 9, 1980.
The rest of the group were tried in a military court in what came to be known as the Jam Saqi case.
Membership
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. During that period many of the members of Sindh National Students Federation and Sindh Hari Committee were arrested from all over Sindh.
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Political Party
Communist Party of Pakistan