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zakariavirk

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.

Pakistan’s shame exposed

Like the original Kasur sex video mega scandal of 2015 was allowed to be pushed under the carpet, Zainab’s case too seems to be moving in a similar direction—to exhaust the patience of the masses By Wajid Shamsul Hasan JANUARY 17, 2018 Kasur was all over international media in August […]

India Launches Rocket with 30 Satellites

The rocket launch would take place from ISRO’s spaceport located at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: January 08, 2018 16:01 IST ENGALURU: India will launch 31 satellites, including earth observation spacecraft Cartosat, on January 12 instead of its earlier tentative schedule on January 10, an Indian Space […]

Sharia for New Year’s

Source: Gate Stone Institute By Bruce Bawer, who is the author of the new novel The Alhambra (Swamp Fox Editions). His book While Europe Slept (2006) was a New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The same reporters and commentators who insist that it is absurd to worry about sharia coming […]

USA: The Worst and the Dumbest

Paul Krugman, NYtimes Paul Krugman JAN. 8, 2018 Like millions of people around the world, I was reassured to learn that Donald Trump is a “Very Stable Genius.” You see, if he weren’t — if he were instead an erratic, vindictive, uninformed, lazy, would-be tyrant — we might be in real […]

India: Muslim women can perform Hajj alone now

DAWN.COM December 31, 2017 Modi speaks of ‘freeing Muslim women from injustices’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that his government has removed the restriction on Muslim women from performing Haj alone, following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage, Times of India reported. Modi, […]

TV host Aamir Liaquat banned over ‘hate speech’

His hate speech led to murder of 3 Ahmadi Muslims by Asad Hashim 26 Jan 2017http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/tv-host-aamir-liaquat-banned-hate-speech-170126114713381.html Liaquat also accused those calling for the release of the activists of supporting blasphemy [Aamirliaquat.com] Pakistan’s media regulator has banned one of the country’s most popular television talk show hosts over “hate speech” and […]

Dr Abdus Salam love for Punjabi language

https://jang.com.pk/print/422413-mukhtar-masood-doctor-abdus-salaam-or-punjabi-zabaan مختار مسعود، ڈاکٹر عبدالسلام اور پنجابی زبان By Zafar Mahmood- this article recounts how Punjab government asked Dr Salam to devise science education policy for the province. Accordingly an education institution like MIT – Lahore Institute of Technology was planned. This whole exercise was not advertised due to religious […]