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.
HEARD ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND TUBE A list of actual announcements that London Tube train drivers have made to their passengers… 1) ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, I do apologize for the delay to your service. I know you’re all dying to get home, unless, of course, you happen to be married […]
After attempting to enter a men’s volleyball game, a 25-year old British-Iranian woman has been jailed for more than two months in the notorious Evin prison. Mon, September 15, 2014…clarionproject.com Imprisoned British-Iranian Ghoncheh Ghavami ISIS Releases New Agitprop Video, Goes Underground A British-Iranian woman, arrested more than two months ago […]
After attempting to enter a men’s volleyball game, a 25-year old British-Iranian woman has been jailed for more than two months in the notorious Evin prison. Mon, September 15, 2014…clarionproject.com Imprisoned British-Iranian Ghoncheh Ghavami ISIS Releases New Agitprop Video, Goes Underground A British-Iranian woman, arrested more than two months ago […]
Knowledge is Amusing…Did you know this….? [1] FORTNIGHT comes from ‘Fourteen Nights’ (Two Weeks). [2] POP MUSIC is ‘Popular Music’ shortened. [3] MOPED is the short term for ‘Motorized Pedalling’. [4] BUS is the short term for ‘Omnibus’ that means everybody. [5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a ‘withdrawing room’ where […]
Following information has been provided to us by Mr. Roy Singh who is the chairman & CEO of cricket’s Canadian Premier League T20 and the mastermind behind a proposed 35,000-seat stadium at a cost of $1 Billion in GTA with Toronto as the preferred site. Design of the stadium will […]
Republish Reprint Nationalpost.com Christie Blatchford: Canada shows lack of kindness in deporting harmless Pakistani woman Christie Blatchford | September 16, 2014 7:57 PM ET More from Christie Blatchford Evan Radford/Postmedia News Jamila Bibi was whisked away by two Canadian Border Services Agency officers early Tuesday morning at the Saskatoon airport, set […]
A Pioneer as Elusive as His Particle SEPT. 15, 2014 NYtimes.com 2014/09/16 Photo Credit Elwood H. Smith Dennis Overbye EDINBURGH, Scotland — On Oct. 8 last year, when the Nobel Prize in Physics was to be announced, Peter Higgs decided it would be a good day to get out of […]
Multiculturalism and Rape in Rotherham By SARFRAZ MANZOORSEPT. 15, 2014 NYtimes.com 2014/09/16 This story is included with an NYT Opinion subscription. Learn more » LONDON — A man recently came to visit the member of Parliament for Rotherham, Yorkshire, and he had a question. Now in his late 50s, he […]
The world’s first temperature-controlled city’: Dubai to build biggest mall on the planet, complete with theme park, five miles of covered streets and 100 hotels and apartments By SARAH GORDON PUBLISHED: 14:58 GMT, 6 July 2014 | UPDATED: 15:55 GMT, 6 July 2014 Dubai is already home to the tallest tower in the world, so […]
thestar.com 2014/09/15 Dr. Cabbie weaves a tale of two movie marketing campaigns Comedy is the latest in string of notable releases pairing Hollywood names with South Asian actors in plots exploring the immigrant experience George Kraychyk Adrianne Palicki and Vinay Virmani star in Dr. Cabbie, playing in theatres Sept. 19. […]
His highness Prince Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan IV set to inaugurate his new museum in Don Mills on Sept. 12 By: Murray Whyte Visual arts, Published on Wed Sep 10 2014 thestar.com The leaf blowers and sod-edgers roared and sliced in earnest Wednesday morning outside the Aga Khan Museum, […]
Devastation of floods in Punjab 1.1. million people affected by the flood waters, 12,000 housed destroyed, 256 dead, 2000 villages vanished from the face of the earth, 5000 animals like cows, horsed, buffalos, goats, sheep dead. Emergency imposed in all hospitals of Jhang after red alert. Meanwhile Ahmadiyya community is […]
Apple Watch: the fashion verdict Apple have unveiled the new iPhone 6 – and, more significantly, the long-awaited Apple Watch which heralds the company’s first foray into the style arena and wearable technology launch. Lisa Armstrong tried it on for size BY Lisa Armstrong | 09 September 2014 dailytelegraph.co.uk The […]
Excerpts from Raymond Baker’s Book Zardari’s & Nawaz Sharif’s Corruption highlighted in Raymond Baker’s book on Dirty Money Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System Hardcover – August 5, 2005 by Raymond W. Baker (Author) Benazir Bhutto on pages 77-82: Born in Karachi in 1953 […]
Devastating Flood in Rabwah irabwah.com RABWAH City is recently hit by the biggest flood since 1992. Mohallahjaat situated at the outer boundaries of Rabwah has been hit by a flood of upto 9 lac cusec water. Factory Area, Darul Nusrat, Darul Sadar Shumali, Darul Aloom Janubi Ahad, Darul Aloom Sharqi […]
By NIDA NAJAR and HARI KUMARSEPT. 8, 2014 NYtimes 2014/09/09 Photo A damaged bridge across the Tawi River in the region of Jammu, where at least 140 people died in severe flooding. Credit Channi Anand/Associated Press NEW DELHI — Relief operations continued Monday in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir […]
Aga Khan Museum to open Sept. 18 Fannie Sunshine Sep 05, 2014 insidetoronto The Brazilian granite gleams under the hot September sun, the 45-degree angled building reflecting and absorbing light as it casts a shadow on itself. Rows of mature trees line the parkland, designed by landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic, […]
Solving a problem. Oh! OH! Couldn’t work it out? We’re watching you scrolling down here right now! Hope you’re not planning on cheating??????? You’re still scrolling down aren’t you? Looks like you are going to be embarrassed! Answer: 87. ………..Did you get it???? Want to figure it out before […]
Josh Malihabadi – South Asia’s apostle of secular humanism Written by Pervez Hoodbhoy Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:39 Email viewpointonline.net Shabbir Hasan Khan (December 5, 1898 – February 22, 1982) of Malihabad, known by his nom de plume as Josh Malihabadi, was not a particularly popular poet in his native […]