The Jam Saqi case was an incident in Pakistan in the 1980s, wherein several key Pakistani communists were charged with intent to overthrow the government and install a socialist system. At the time, Pakistan was under the martial law regime of General Zia-ul-Haq. This was the second case against the communists of Pakistan; the first was the Rawalpindi Conspiracy case instituted in fifties.

The main accused in the case were Jam Saqi

Jam Saqi

Jam Saqi is a leftwing politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. Jam Saqi was imprisoned for more than 15 years because of his political activities...

, then Secretary General of Communist Party of Pakistan

Communist Party of Pakistan

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, Professor Jamal Naqvi, Amarlal, Sohail Sangi

Sohail Sangi

Sohail Sangi is a senior journalist and activist of the leftist movement in Pakistan, presently working with the daily newspaper Dawn. He is one of the visiting faculty of the Mass Communication Department at the University of Sindh....

, Badar Abro, Kamal Warsi

Kamal Warsi

Kamal Warsi a leftist activist and one of the accused of Jam saqi case. Warsi was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Kamal Warsi's family escaped from pograms and genocide in India and settled in Pakistan. Kamal Warsi got his education in Karachi. He is brother of Rauf Warsi a progressive journalist...

 and Shabbir Shar. Jam Saqi was arrested on 10 December 1978 but was implicated in this case which was lodged about two years later. Naqvi, Abbasi, Warsi and Shar were arrested on 30 July 1980, while Sangi was arrested on 31 July 1980. Their colleague Nazir Abbasi was killed during interrogation while in custody.

These all were tried by a special military court at KMC Complex Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. They were charged with intent to overthrow the Pakistani government and install a socialist system, as in Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Jam Saqi, Kamal Warsi and Shabir Shar were each awarded seven years imprisonment, while all others accused were acquitted.

Participants

• Defence witnesses: Top poliitcal leadership including Ms Benazir Bhutto
  Benazir Bhutto
  Benazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
  
  , Mir Ghaus Bux Bezinjo, Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Maulana Shah Mohammed Amroti, Mairaj Mohammed Khan, Fatehyab Ali Khan, among the journalists Minhaj Burna, Afzal Siddiqui, Shaikh Ali Mohammed, Shaikh Aziz, Abdullah. J Memon then commissioner, Abdul Ghani Dars (Journalist) and others appeared as defence witnesses.

• Defence Counsels: The defnce counsels were Abdul Wadood, Mohammed Yousuf Leghari, Akhtar Hussain
  Akhtar Hussain
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  , Ali Amjad Advocate and Shafi Mohammedi.