Zakaria Virk is a writer, translator, author and historian of Islamic science. He has compiled 17 books in Urdu and English, written scores of article published in newspapers, magazines of India, Pakistan, UK, USA and Canada. He is a retired civil servant. He has two sons both living in the US, one Adnan is ESPN sports TV anchor in Bristol, Connecticut. He has traveled to more than 15 countries. He has published 5 books on the life and achievements of Muslim world's first Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam. (1926-1996).
He has donated blood 50 times in Canada. He is a card carrying member of Liberal Party of Canada.
http://www.wboy.com/story/22089400/update-3-injured-in-plane-crash-at-windwood-fly-in-resort-in-canaan-valley with report from Pakistan Post Canada, 2nd May 2013 2 Pakistani diplomats and Ahmadi pilot Injured in Plane Crash at Windwood Fly-In Resort in Canaan Valley CANAAN VALLEY – West Virginia, USA Update 4/29/13 One of the three men involved in a plane crash in Tucker County remains in […]
By: Betsy Powell City Courts reporter, Published on Mon Apr 29 2013 The Toronto Star Can you tell if a person is lying if they avert their gaze, turn red, or blink a lot? No, says a Muslim woman who a judge has ordered to remove her niqab to testify […]
Seven complicated facts about Women: 1. They believe in saving. 2. Still they go out & buy expensive clothes. 3. Always buy expensive clothes but never have anything to wear. 4. Never have anything 2 wear, but always dress beautifully. 5. Always dress beautifully, but never satisfied. 6. Never satisfied, […]
TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1. Vancouver : 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math. 2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown. 3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations. 4. There’s always some sort of deforestation protest […]
Aisha Sherazi, National Post Toronto As a Muslim, my own faith journey began when a co-worker committed suicide by hanging himself, using sheets from his bedroom window. He was the life and soul of the party, and I was in my early 20s, young and shocked. I wondered: What happens […]
The Rhode Island medical examiner’s office says a body found in Providence is that of a Brown University student missing since last month. Health Department spokeswoman Dara Chadwick says the body of 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi was identified Thursday morning through a forensic dental exam. The cause of death has not […]
Feiz Mohammad, the radical preacher cited by dead Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is a former boxer who blames women for being raped and called for a prominent Dutch politician to be beheaded. Widely known as ‘Sheikh Feiz’, the preacher was born in Australia circa 1970-1 but fled to Lebanon, […]
Tarek Fatah: India is the only country where Muslims exert influence without fear Aarti Tikoo Singh | Apr 19, 2013, 12.00 AM IST- Times of India 54 A READ MORE Zahir Shah|Pakistan army|Muslim League|Mohammad Ali Jinnah|Mir Bizenjo Tarek Fatah: India is the only country where Muslims exert influence without fear […]
The 10 best words the internet has given English From hashtags to LOLs to Cupertinos and Scunthorpe problems, Tom Chatfield picks the most interesting neologisms drawn from the digital world · o Tom Chatfield o guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 April 2013 10.19 BST Inline image 1 My book Netymology: A Linguistic […]
Stop praying for defeat of ‘Kufaar’ Every time a Canadian Muslim is named as a suspect, the predictable Islamic clerics line up to deny it Tarek Fatah, The Toronto Sun First posted: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 06:21 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 06:23 PM EDT Here we […]
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.” -Ronald Reagan ‘Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.’ – Ronald Reagan ‘The most terrifying words In the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m […]
Quiz for those that think they are Bright There are only nine questions. This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry that I didn’t. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers.. 1. Name the one sport in which […]
> > A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It’s hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. […]
A Wonderful Prayer for those pushing 60 or beyond. Almighty God you know that I am growing older. Keep me from becoming too talkative, from repeating all my jokes and anecdotes, and particularly keep me from falling into the tiresome habit of expressing an opinion on every subject. Release me […]
Pakistani judges provoke laughter, with oddball questions for election candidates The Toronto Star, April 5, 2013 By: Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press, Published on Fri Apr 05 2013 ISLAMABAD—Aslam Khan Khattak passed his first — and perhaps most curious — test this week in his quest to become a member […]
After CBC News revealed that two terrorists involved in the attack on a gas plant in Algeria were from London (Ontario), Wael Haddara and Munir el-Kassem told the media that they were unknown to them and that terrorism cannot be linked with religion. From April 2011 to March 2012, while […]
Monday, 25 March 2013 Author / Source: ANISUR RAHMAN KHAN and HARUN UR RASHID E-mail Print PDF Salima Hashmi DHAKA, MAR 24: The Pakistan government should formally apologise to the people of Bangladesh for the atrocities committed by Pakistan occupation army during the War of Independence in 1971, Salima Hashmi, […]
The Toronto SUN, Editorial Foolish not to go with Justin Trudeau QMI Agency First posted: Monday, April 01, 2013 01:23 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, April 01, 2013 02:02 AM EDT Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau participates in the Federal Liberal Leadership Debate in Winnipeg, Saturday, February 2, 2013. (QMI AGENCY […]
Daily Times: Pride of the Muslim ummah —Yasser Latif Hamdani Logically, a free, fair and impartial judiciary, unmoved by religious passion or pressure should be able to strike down the […]
Why fly Pakistani flag in Canada? Tarek Fatah- The Toronto SUN There are many ways to demean an institution. At times it’s the defacing of a war memorial, but at other times the insult is inflicted in a manner that goes largely unnoticed until someone points it out. One such […]