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.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/world/asia/gays-in-pakistan-move-cautiously-to-gain-acceptance.html?ref=todayspaper LAHORE, Pakistan — The group meets irregularly in a simple building among a row of shops here that close in the evening. Drapes cover the windows. Sometimes members watch movies or read poetry. Occasionally, they give a party, dance and drink and let off steam. Related Times Topic: Homosexuality […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1280585–family-blames-hospital-and-province-for-death-of-vaughan-woman Family blames hospital and province for death of Vaughan woman Amey Dempsey, Toronto staff Reporter Published on Thursday November 01, 2012 Amy Dempsey Staff Reporter One Sunday two years ago, Laiq and Badrunnisa Khurshid set out for a midnight stroll. The couple walked hand in hand through their suburban […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/opinion/mitt-romney-versus-the-automakers.html?hp Romney Versus the Automakers Published: October 31, 2012 105 Comments When General Motors tells a presidential campaign that it is engaging in “cynical campaign politics at its worst,” that’s a pretty good signal that the campaign has crossed a red line and ought to pull back. Not Mitt Romney’s […]
Wife texts husband on a cold winter morning: “Windows frozen.” Husband texts back: “Pour some luke-warm water over it.” Wife texts back: “Computer totally dark.” Husband takes a big sigh …
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/how_romney_used_his_churchs_charity_status_to_lower_his_tax_bill/ Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:57 PM PDT Mitt Romney (Credit: AP/Charles Krupa) We already know that Mormon Mitt Romney has been tremendously generous to his church, giving over $5 million in the past two years alone, but now we learn that his charitable activity with LDS may not have […]
The Toronto Star America’s bizarre election campaign heads for a muted ending Published on Monday October 29, 2012 Share on twitter Share on facebook Justin Sullivan/GETTY IMAGES Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally in Ohio. (Oct. 29, 2012) Image By Richard Gwyn Columnist When this presidential […]
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. Their insight […]
Barack Obama for Re-Election Published: October 27, 2012 273 Comments http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/barack-obama-for-president.html?hpw The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold. The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster. An ideological […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/americas/casualties-of-torontos-urban-skies.html?hp&_r=0 TORONTO — In the shadow of the massive black towers of a bank’s downtown headquarters here was an almost indistinguishable puff of dark gray fluff on the sidewalk. Ian Willms for The New York Times A rescuer collects an injured white-breasted nuthatch. More Photos » It was the body […]
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/26/imran-khan-pulled-off-flight-to-us-for-questioning TORONTO – Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was yanked from his flight to New York and taken in for questioning at Toronto Pearson International Airport Friday. Khan, who was in Brampton Thursday night for a politically-charged speech about turmoil in his homeland, boarded an American Airlines plane from Toronto to […]
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1276806–barack-obama-has-been-brutalized-by-the-presidency Jonathan Schell After the second debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, Obama’s supporters chorused in near-unison, “He’s back!” The languid, disengaged, and lacklustre performer of the first debate had disappeared, and the impressive, beloved figure of the victorious 2008 campaign had reappeared. As […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/romney-auto-bailout_n_2006706.html? WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s opposition to the loans President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama have extended to the auto industry has long been an awkward scab on his presidential campaign. In Ohio, in particular, one out of every eight jobs is connected to the sector. Having insisted, […]
Obama as Commander-in-Chief, Romney as Dithering Bully http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/foreign-policy-debate_b_2004061.html? I thought the third and last presidential debate was a clear win for the president. He displayed the authority of the nation’s Commander-in-Chief — calm, dignified, and confident. He was assertive without being shrill, clear without being condescending. He explained to a […]
WHY THE Canadian Council for Muslim Women IS IMPORTANT TO ME The Whig Standard, Kingston, Ontario Alia Hogben, Oct 5/2012. This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. Another historic event was the leadership of the Edmonton CCMW chapter who saved the first Canadian […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1273638–ghana-s-witch-camps-places-of-shame-with-no-escape Ghana’s ‘witch camps’ places of shame, with no escape Published on Sunday October 21, 2012 Share on twitter Share on facebook Robyn Dixon Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG—In the witch camps of Ghana, the dying contortions of a slaughtered chicken determine the guilt of an accused woman: witch, or not. […]
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/1273044–republicans-reduced-to-empty-rhetoric-on-defence-siddiqui Republicans reduced to empty rhetoric on defence: Siddiqui Published on Wednesday October 17, 2012 Share on twitter Share on facebook By Haroon Siddiqui The Toronto Star – Editorial Page It’s more than his language that makes Mitt Romney yesterday’s man. His “whole binders full of women” and letting working […]
[W]hy would the American embassy in Islamabad and Obama/Clinton’s State Department facilitate an anti-American fundraising inside America by a hate-mongering jihadi with an anti-West agenda? In case they missed what Khan has to say about the U.S., here he is mocking America and hinting at Pakistan’s nuclear capability: “Confronting the […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/17/romney-binders-full-of-women_n_1972425.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=101712&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief Laura Bassett – lbassett@huffingtonpost.com Mitt Romney raised eyebrows during the presidential debate Tuesday night when he claimed that as governor of Massachusetts, he had been so dismayed at the lack of female cabinet candidates that he sent women’s groups out to find them. “I went to a number of […]
The Express Tribune AQ Khan: the truth finally prevails By Sajad Haider Published: October 12, 2012 “The public and AQ Khan’s admirers should know that firstly, he was just a copper metallurgist employed in Holland by Urenco and assigned to a less sensitive section, which was not directly involved in […]
21 Major Reasons Why Romney Is Unfit To Be President, By Dr Gideon Polya http://www.countercurrents.org/polya081012.htm 08 October, 2012 Countercurrents.org 1. 1.1 million American preventable deaths annually. Ultimately these deaths could have been prevented by better regulation of dangerous capitalism, better education, better preventive medicine and more money devoted to health […]