According to Zafarullah Khan, the importance of an Islamic student body was being realized through all over the subcontinent before Partition. In 1945 ,he himself organized fifty students ,literate them by making them study Islamic books and made them work under the banner of student body named “Majlis-e- Tameer-e-Afkaar-e-Islami” In May,1947 the students from all over the subcontinent (Indo-Pak) gathered in Darusalam , Pathankot and after discussion , and was decided that in the vacation of August , an All India convention of Islamic minded students would be arranged in Delhi and a new organization would be formed but on 3 rd June, 1947 Partition plan was announced and it was not possible to organize such organization in such circumstances.

After the creation of Pakistan , in November, 1947 he and his companions decided to organize the student body and contacted many students through out the country. And later it was announced through newspapers that on 21 st December, 1947 the Islam loving students would gather in Lahore . As a result twenty five students attended the convention. And Islami Jamiat Talaba was formed on 23 rd December, 1947.