▁ ▁Success fully ▁boy cot ting ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁refer endum ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁elections , ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁serious ▁mis calcul ation ▁despite ▁confident ▁of ▁enjo ying ▁huge ▁popular ▁support . ▁ ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁MR D ' s ▁expect ations , ▁the ▁vot ers ▁turned ▁to ▁these ▁pol ls ▁were ▁in ▁large ▁numbers . ▁The ▁MR D ▁soon ▁realized ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁mis calcul ated ▁badly , ▁that ▁it ▁should ▁have ▁fought ▁the ▁elections ▁on ▁Z ia ’ s ▁terms . ▁ ▁The ▁P ML , ▁Je I , ▁and ▁M Q M ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁parties ▁which ▁cont ested ▁in ▁the ▁election , ▁while ▁the ▁MR D ▁boy c otted ▁the ▁election . ▁To ▁a ▁greater ▁extent , ▁the ▁MR D ' s ▁was ▁ha iling ▁from ▁S ind h ▁where ▁the ▁left - wing ▁orientation ▁was ▁much ▁stronger ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁provinces ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁Commun ist ▁Party , ▁with ▁the ▁support ▁from ▁USS R , ▁began ▁its ▁political ▁operations ▁in ▁S ind h ▁and ▁ultimately ▁calling ▁for ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience ▁against ▁the ▁military ▁regime . ▁In ▁response , ▁the ▁commun ist ▁party ▁leader , ▁Jam ▁Sa qi , ▁was ▁brought ▁to ▁a ▁secret ▁trial ▁in ▁S ind h ▁High ▁Court , ▁later ▁directed ▁to ▁military ▁courts . ▁The ▁MR D ▁had ▁un ited ▁the ▁left - wing ▁mass ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁MR D ▁were : ▁ ▁N us rat