"The workers of Pakistan Islami Chhatra Sangha who are spread throughout the nook and corner of the country and who are loyal, sincere and honest Pakistanis, like to serve the nation in this odd hour in the best possible manner." That's how Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed introduced the members of Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS), the then student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, to Pakistan's martial law administration as he proposed the formation of Al-Badr during the Liberation War, 1971. Al-Badr was the fearsome militia which under Mojaheed's leadership traced houses and systematically rounded up, tortured and killed the nation's brightest luminaries -- academics, litterateurs, journalists, doctors and artists -- towards the end of the war when Pakistan forces sensed imminent defeat.