Nazir Abbasi was a courageous, intrepid student leader who was killed on August 9, 1989 during Zia-ul-Haq’s regime while under custody. According to Abbasi’s family, he was being held by secret agencies and it was a certain Colonel Imtiaz Ahmed who tortured him to death. Since then Sindhi youth and political activists have been observing his death anniversary each year in remembrance of the hardships Abbasi faced throughout his life and for the kind of inspiring leader he was.
Although Pakistan has witnessed democratic as well as military dictatorships, the investigations into Abbasi’s death have never taken off. Benzair Bhutto’s first government initiated the investigation into the death but till today, remains incomplete.
Abbasi was born in Tando Allahyar and joined politics of the Left during college. He used to work as a munshi (clerk) at the Tando Allahyar municipality at night while he studied and continued with political activism during the day.
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