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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.

Panama Papers: Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, KP Singh, Iqbal Mirchi, Adani elder brother, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s son defends offshore companies

From film stars Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to corporates including DLF owner K P Singh and nine members of his family, and the promoters of Apollo Tyres and Indiabulls to Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/panama-papers-list-amitabh-bachchan-kp-singh-aishwarya-rai-iqbal-mirchi-adani-brother/ More than 11 million documents from the secret files of Mossack […]

UK: Private Islamic school printing anti-Semitic libels

A Muslim private school in the UK distributed leaflets condemning British society and reproducing anti-Semitic libels, according to an exclusive expose by Sky News. Mufti Zubair Dudha, the founder and head of the Islamic Tarbiyah Academy in Dewsbury in northen England, produced the leaflets. One quotes the famous anti-Semitic forgery ‘The Protocols […]

Glasgow’s scandal plagued central mosque

An overhaul of processes and governance arrangements at a scandal-hit mosque could take several years, according to one of its leading reformists. The lawyer, Aamer Anwar, who chaired an event last week bringing together the various factions of Glasgow Central Mosque, said there was a “sense of urgency” about the […]

Canada Announces Halal Labeling Regulations

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently unveiled new regulations for labeling of halal food products. The regulations require halal claims on food labels, packaging or advertising material to include the name of the certifying body, but will not come into force until April 2016. It is important to note […]

Laughter the best medicine

A PANEL OF DOCTORS –WERE ASKED for their opinions concerning a proposal to build a new wing to their hospital. The allergist voted to scratch it The neurologists thought the admin had a lot of nerve The podiatrist thought it was a step forward The ophthalmologists considered the idea short […]

Islamic Perspective on Belgium attacks

By Salam Bhatti, NY  – National Catholic Register Daesh (the preferred Arabic name for the group that calls itself the Islamic State) has attacked Turkey five times since October, leaving nearly 200 dead and hundreds injured. In the recent Brussels attack, Daesh killed dozens and injured many more. The loss […]

Urdu poem lamenting on the state of Watan-e-aziz Pakistan

او دیس سے آنے والے بتا  کس حال میں ھیں یارانِ وطن؟ کیا اب بھی یونہی پہلے کی طرح اٹھتا ھے دھواں، جلتے ھیں چمن؟ کیا اب بھی وہاں لوگوں کے دل ملا کے دیں سے ڈرتے ہیں اور خودکش حملوں میں وحشی حوروں کی خاطر مرتے ہیں؟ کیا اب […]

10 Top Reasons to Live in Canada

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1. Vancouver: 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math. 2. Your $1,800,000 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 going […]