User:Zakaria virk/Zakaria virk

Zakaria Virk - was born 28th June 1946 in India. He is a civil servant. He has authored, translated, compiled close to 12 books.

Biography - Virk's father Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil (Virk- 1901-75) was a teacher, head master in Nankana sahib, Sheikhupura, and other cities pre-partition Punjab. After joing the Ahmadiyya Movement he was as a missionary to London, from where he went to Sicily. After a few months he was expelled and was transferred to SierraLeon. He died in Rabwah.

Virk had 6 brothers, and 3 sisters, he was the youngest. After matriculation from T.I. High School Rabwah he studied at T.I. College Rabwah where he did his F.A. In 1965 he moved to Karachi, where he did his B.A. later LLB from University of Karachi. In 1970 he immigrated to Germany where he stayed for 3 years. In 1973 he moved to Canada, lived in Toronto for 11 years and the rest in Kingston, Ontario.

Literary career Virk has been writing articles for Urdu magazines, newspapers for last 30 years. His articles have been published Jang, Hurriyet, weekly Lahore, Urdu Digest, Sayyara Digest, daily Al-Fazl, weekly Pakistan Link, California, weekly Caravan, Toronto.

He has compiled following books: (1). Azeem Zindagi, Urdu 1989, Toronto- this is a translation of Bashir Ahmad Orchard book Life Supreme, 1985, UK. (2). Ramooze Fitrat (Secrets of Nature) Urud, Toronto, 1996 a collection of articles on Prof Abdus Salam. (3). Nishane Manzil - Urdu Toronto 2000 - translation of Bashir Orchard book Guide Posts. (4). Musalmano Ka Newton - Urdu, Toronto 2003. collection of articles written after the demise of Prof Abdus Salam, 450 pages. (5). Musalmano kay Sciencee Karnamay, Urdu Aligarh & Lahore 2005. This book was written at the request of Centre for Promotion of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, to be used in Madressa system of India to encourage students to study science. (6) Life of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Urdu Aligarh & Lahore 2006. (7). Life of Al-Biruni, Urdu, Lahore and Dehli 2007. (8). Rushdie Bhooton kay Aseb Mein - Urdu, London 2007. Urdu translation of Arshad Ahmedi English. "Salman Rushdie haunted by his unholy ghosts". (9). Science - tarikh kay ayeenay mein- Urdu Lahore 2008. this is a summary of the translation of JD Bernal book "Science in History" which was prepared by Urdu Text Board, Lahore. (10) Zikray Abdus Salam, Urdu India 2009. this is a translation of Ph.D thesis outlining life of Nobel laureate Prof Abdus Salam and his creation ICTP, in Italy. Prizes English Articles He has written a dozen articles which were published in Review of Religions. London, UK. References www.zakariavirk.com www.niazamana.com www.alfazl.org
 * First prize essay competition by weekly Sayyara Digest, Lahore 1967
 * Third prize essay writing, Majlis Khuddam Alahmadiyya, Rabwah 1978
 * First prize essary writing, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 1996