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.
der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/the-limits-of-humanity-merkel-refugee-policies-have-failed-a-1079455.html#ref=nl-international From today’s perspective, Sept. 5, 2015, feels like an eternity ago. That was the day when the chancellor made the decision to allow refugees who had been detained in Hungary to come to Germany. It was the day when she decided to adopt a humanitarian refugee policy […]
A short cross-border shopping trip takes an unexpected turn for writer Rania Mirza. Print Nick Kozak / For the Toronto Star Rania Mirza learned to accept the kindness of strangers when a winter storm stranded her and her two friends on a cross-border shopping trip. By: Rania Mirza Special to […]
Iraqi engineers involved in building the Mosul dam 30 years ago have warned that the risk of its imminent collapse and the consequent death toll could be even worse than […]
INDONESIA: Eighteen people were publicly caned Tuesday for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh province, including a young unmarried couple who were caught spending time alone together. A hooded man meted out lashings with a rattan cane on a stage next to the mosque in Banda Aceh, the capital of the […]
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy delivered one of the most powerful speeches as she won another Oscar for Pakistan at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy poses with her Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject, “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” in the press room during the 88th […]
In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama ‘Spotlight’ took best picture at an Academy Awards driven by protest and outrage, and electrified by an unflinching Chris Rock. Tom McCarthy’s film about the Boston Globe’s investigative reporting on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests […]
Source: Daily Times Do you not think the Tableeghi Jamaat (TJ) is elusive? Ask any common person to name the top five leaders of the organisation. They will not know. […]
https://twitter.com/GMA The work of Virk: Predicting the real Oscars and the ESPN version By Emily Pfeffer 2 days ago Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter <!– –> Since 2013, College Football analyst and Baseball Tonight studio host Adnan Virk is a known movie buff. He has shared his yearly Oscar […]
Ottawa can do a better job of promoting religious freedom — and all human rights — without an Office of Religious Freedom thestar.com Feb. 26, 2016 Blair Gable / Blair Gable Office of Religious Freedom Ambassador Andrew Bennett’s term will expire in March. By: Bruce Ryder and Luka Ryder-Bunting […]
Yogesh Joshi, Hindustan Times, Pune, Updated: Feb 25, 2016 13:47 IST Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt reached Mumbai post his release from Yerawada prison on Thursday morning after serving 42 months for possessing an AK-56 supplied by gangsters behind a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993. Dutt […]
In an open letter that Iranian Canadian human rights activist Shabnam Assadollahi sent to Ottawa’s Mayor Jim Watson, Assadollahi expressed her concern that the feminist group City for All Women Initiative in Canada decided to host an Ottawa Hijab Day inside the City Hall building on February 17, 2016. In […]
thestar.com By: Bruce DeMara Entertainment, Published on Tue Feb 23 2016 It’s been an unexpected and eventful journey from the Scarborough home where Lilly Singh first became a YouTube star to the bright lights of Los Angeles. Last year, Lilly Singh was listed No. 8 on Forbes list of YouTube millionaires […]
About 60 Deobandi and Sunni Muslim scholars to Meet in Hyderabad, India, To ‘Save’ Youth From ISIS Influence Feb 23, 2016 For the first time in India, about 60 Muslim scholars, mostly from the Deobandi and Sunni faith from across the country, will be assembling in Hyderabad on Tuesday to […]
Anuja Jaiswal, Times of India Notwithstanding the call for withdrawal of Jat reservation agitation in Haryana, traffic, both rail and bus, remained affected from UP for the second consecutive day, as nearly 300 trains, passing through Western UP, and hundreds of buses were cancelled, stranding thousands of passengers. Services to […]
Clara Ho First posted: Saturday, February 20, 2016 04:58 PM MST | Updated: Saturday, February 20, 2016 10:07 PM MST A police car is is reflected in smashed-out windows at Wilma Hansen School in the Queensland area of Calgary, Alta., on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Many windows in the school […]
Haroon Mughal, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/20/donald-trump-pork-not-muslim-kryptonite-bigotry? On Friday night, Donald Trump recounted for his supporters an inaccurate story about John Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, who he alleged decided to summarily execute 49 of 50 Muslim prisoners while helping to put down a rebellion in the Muslim […]
Der Spiegel, Interview Conducted By Samiha Shafy and Bernhard Zand 20160219 In an interview, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir expresses his continued support for regime change in Syria and his desire for rebels to be supplied with anti-aircraft missiles that could shift the balance of power in the war. The wait […]
by Huma Nisar February 16, 2016 Two Pakistanis were members of the team of scientists and engineers that discovered gravitational waves in the fabric of space and time, confirming Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and heralding new era of uncovering mysteries of cosmos. Imran Khan from Quetta Mr Imran […]
By Maham Idrees 2 hours ago tribune.com.pk Everywhere in the world, winter comes with chilly days and hot chocolate but in Pakistan it brings along wedding season. It is my friend’s wedding this season also and as all the wedding plans were materialising, the last thing on my friend’s mind […]
Burqa Bans Rise In Sub-Sahara Over Fear Of Suicide Bombers Hiding Behind Veils February 14, 2016 Increasingly, questions are being raised about burqas and security concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, where Boko Haram, the radical Islamist militant group operating out of Northern Nigeria, has conducted numerous terrorist operations. In some cases […]