The government apparently gave in by sacrificing the federal minister of education, Mr Fazlur Rahman, hailing from the eastern wing.
It played a major role in the popular student and labour uprising against the pro-US dictatorship of Field Marshal Ayub Khan in 1967 and 1968.
NSF activists were among the first major supporters of future Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his populist/Socialist Pakistan Peoples Party to advance the democratic process and to weaken the religious fundamentalists.
Miraj was in view that it was the establishment that is trying to create conflicts among workers and that PPP and its policies are clean but he was proved wrong later.
In mid 90's Miraj dissolved the Qomi Mahaz-e-Azadi and joined hand with cricketer turn politician Imran Khan and become Secretary General of PTI.
He lead National Students’ Federation in 1968’s famous “October Movement” against Ayub Khan’s Martila Law.
Later, he formed the People's Democratic Front in 1979, a left wing party, working among workers, peasants, lower and middle-class’ enlightened youth, and progressive students.
During this time, NSF and PDF witnessed two martial laws and the political shifts between N-League and People's Party.
Their position on this issue demonstrated that they failed to understand the imperialist strategy and their grasp of Marxism–Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought was fairly shallow.
This is a historical account of how the powerful classes in Pakistan have always been wary of the increasing awareness among students and their potential to challenge the exploitative system.
The National Students Federation's 'October Movement' in Karachi gained nationwide support and aimed to end feudalism and establish a truly independent state.
The movement faced censorship and opposition from the ruling elite, leading to political maneuvers and suppression tactics.
The ruling classes, fearing a people's democratic revolution, imposed a ban on student unions on February 9, 1984, sparking a nationwide crackdown on NSF-Pakistan activists.
The struggle for the restoration of student unions continues, with the youth demanding their rights to education, leadership development, and democratic participation.
Left leaning and progressive parties were persecuted and harassed by the right-wing dictatorship of President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in the 1980s, dozens of NSF activists were arrested, tortured and expelled from the campuses.
He also wanted to pave his way to freely act as an American agent to fight a proxy war for America in Afghanistan, which eventually led the downfall of the Russian social Imperialism.
NSF refused to accept the Ordinance of military dictator and immediately put black armbands and took students to the streets and ran a campaign for 100 days.
NSF workers like Hakim Baloch, Humayun from SMC, Babar Asad, Kaleem and Shahid from Dawood Engineering College and Sohail Jaffar and Bashmi Mumtaz from NED and Iqbal, Riaz Pekar from Karachi University were few to name on the forefront of this movement.
NSF suffered heavily from the trend of violence once pioneered by IJT and later adopted by APMSO, and MSF which was intensified in the late 1980s and 1990s.
NSF refused to take part in the Lawyers' Movement but firmly stood against the dictatorship of General Pervaiz Musharraf.
This ideological betrayal caused a major rift and NSF central committee decided to disassociate itself from Pakistan Inqalabi Party and continue to function independently.