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.
India: MP Vinod Khanna visits Qadian Ahmadiyya HQ, reviews Qadian-Beas Railway Line Extension Project MP Khanna, a popular politician with a strong background in the Bollywood entertainment industry, attracted a large contingency of reporters from the print and electronic media who took turns in interviewing him. Ahmadiyya Times | News […]
Scientology leader spied on his dad, told private detective to ‘let him die’ during heart attack scare: report National Post, Toronto, Slate | April 9, 2015 5:42 PM ET More from Slate Private detectives told Wisconsin police officers that they spent 18 months spying on David Miscavige’s father on behalf of […]
What’s Behind the Obsession with the Niqab Among the World’s Islamists? By Tarek Fatah, April 5th, 2015 Women are forced to wear the niqab in public in Saudi Arabia (Photo: © Reuters) In Khaled Hosseini’s soul-piercing novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the character Nana, a poor, unwed mother, tells her […]
What’s Behind the Obsession with the Niqab Among the World’s Islamists? By Tarek Fatah, April 5th, 2015 Women are forced to wear the niqab in public in Saudi Arabia (Photo: © Reuters) In Khaled Hosseini’s soul-piercing novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the character Nana, a poor, unwed mother, tells her […]
End Radical Wahhabi Influence on Waqf Boards, Indian PM Told Mahendra Singh, TNN | Apr 8, 2015 NEW DELHI: Religious leaders and representatives of Muslim community urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to liberate all Waqf boards from “radical” Wahhabi influences. At the Monday meeting, the PM was told by leaders […]
Syrian-born former imam shot dead in London Murder investigation launched after Abdul Hadi Arwani, a fierce critic of Bashar al-Assad, found dead in Wembley Abdul Hadi Arwani was found dead in his car in Wembley, north-west London, on Tuesday. Photograph: YouTube Rebecca Ratcliffe and Aisha Gani Tuesday 7 April 2015 […]
Der Spiegel April 07, 2015 – 06:06 PM Events this past weekend in Germany have left many worried that a dismaying wave of xenophobia may be returning to the country. Early Saturday morning, one or more perpetrators broke into an apartment building in the town of Tröglitz in the eastern […]
Saudi-Israeli Anti-Iran Nexus By Pervez Hoodbhoy April 4th, 2015 A WAR-TORN world heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday night after success was declared at the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland. Months of tortuous negotiations have ended for now, while a fuller agreement is to be finalised by the […]
Iran: Proposed Laws Reduce Women to ‘Baby Making Machines’ 31 March, 2015 Women in Iran could face significant restrictions on their use of contraceptives and be further excluded from the labour market unless they have had a child, if two proposed laws are approved, says a new report by Amnesty […]
Tom Adams, who worked with him, said Khan — who was also a federal Liberal candidate — died early Sunday morning. Handout photo thestar.com Oakville town Councillor Max Khan, 46, died Saturday in hospital. Khan, also the federal Liberal candidate in Oakville North-Burlington, had battled leukemia in years past. By: […]
Source: New York Times MUMBAI, India — Palash, the largest tiger at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, still paces his cage for the hour leading up to dinner and still pounces on his meal when his handlers lift the gate to his feeding room. But lately what the […]
اونٹ کی مسکراہٹ نے سیلفی یاد گار بنادی ویب ڈیسک تبصرے صفحہ شیئر کریں صفحہ پرنٹ کریں دوستوں کو بھیجئے مصر کے نوجوانوں نے اونٹ کے ساتھ سیلفی بنائی جو یادگار بن گئی قاہرہ: منفرد انداز میں سیلفی لینے کا شوقین مصری نوجوان مسکراتے اونٹ کے ساتھ تصویر بنا کر […]
Instead of scaring and dividing Canadians, the prime minister should concentrate on issues that really matter, like the economy. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS If the Islamic State poses as big a threat to Canada as Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it does, why has he committed only six […]
Instead of scaring and dividing Canadians, the prime minister should concentrate on issues that really matter, like the economy. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS If the Islamic State poses as big a threat to Canada as Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it does, why has he committed only six […]
Pakistani Christians Fight Back By ALI SETHIMARCH 24, 2015, NYTimes Photo Credit Anthony Russo LAHORE, Pakistan — LAST Monday, this city was briefly overrun with bands of sloganeering, stick-wielding youths. The demonstrators threw stones at police officers, burned car tires and smashed windows. One gang even plundered a 7Up truck, […]
Disengage with Pakistan Completely: No Talks, No Visits, No Trade’: Tarek Fatah speaks at Counter-Terrorism Conference in Jaipur By Tarek Fatah 21 March 2015 Bhaioo Or Behno, Namaskar, Adab Aur Salaam Alaikum. Happy New Year. Aap sub ko Gudhee Paadavaa aur Naroze ki Badhaeean aur Naya Saal Mubarak […]
Disengage with Pakistan Completely: No Talks, No Visits, No Trade’: Tarek Fatah speaks at Counter-Terrorism Conference in Jaipur By Tarek Fatah 21 March 2015 Bhaioo Or Behno, Namaskar, Adab Aur Salaam Alaikum. Happy New Year. Aap sub ko Gudhee Paadavaa aur Naroze ki Badhaeean aur Naya Saal Mubarak […]
The Truth About Abdus Salam (Part One) By Dr. Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy How great a scientist was Abdus Salam? Some vilify him, others praise him excessively. Only facts can tell the truth. Click here to watch it in English and here in Urdu. watch this video http://eacpe.org/portfolio/the-truth-about-abdus-salam-part-one/
DAWN.COM March 20, 2015 Blast took place outside the Saleh Mosque near Pakistan Chowk; injured rushed to private hospital – DawnNews screengrab KARACHI: Two people were killed in an explosion that took place after Friday prayers outside the Saleh Mosque for Bohra community worshippers. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) police Abdul […]
By AFP | Ottawa Thursday, 12 March 2015 A group of Canadian imams and religious scholars issued a religious edict against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group Wednesday, denouncing its threats against and recruitment in Canada. In a fatwa posted online, also endorsed by a U.S. imam […]