Sarfraz Khan Virk (CSP)
SP Traffic, Lahore

Throw light on your education and achievements.
I did my intermediate, bachelors and Masters from Government College, Lahore and then LLB from Punjab University. Thanks to Almighty God, I received scholarship from the Government of the Punjab in BA and ‘Gold Medal’ in LLB Part-I from Punjab University.

I appeared in the CSS exams in 2003 and was lucky enough to get 19th position. I was allocated to my group of first choice, the Police Service of Pakistan. I started my career as ASP Margalla, Islamabad and later was transferred to Lahore as ASP Defence and then ASP Civil Lines. In October last year, I was promoted as Superintendent of Police.

Why did you opt for Police Service?
I wanted to have a direct contact with the general public so that I could redress the grievances of common man. A ‘uniform’ job had always attracted me. Police Service is an adventurous and a challenging career and for a young aspirant like me, it was a dream job.

What are the various advantages of this group as compared to other top three groups?
Police Service carries with it respect and prestige which no other group has. Committed and hardworking police officers are known to everybody. The Uniform carries an esteem which cannot be found in other groups. Lastly, the perks and privileges of this group exceed that of all other groups.

What are the qualities of a police officer?

A police officer must be committed and honest to his job. He needs to be strong in terms of physical fitness as well as mentally and psychologically. He must be kind and considerate so that he does not abuse his authority or powers. He should be able to think out-of-the-box to come up with effective strategies to combat terrorism and to maintain law and order and conduct investigations.

What is the source of inspiration behind becoming a police officer?
The inspiration is doing something different for your country. These are the times when police officers need to fight those terrorists who are well-equipped and thoroughly brain-washed. I liked this career where you could provide instant relief to a common man and bring about a positive change.

Why is the police group attractive for our young competitors?

Police service attracts young competitors since it promises a rewarding career. Police officers are highly respected in our society. It is challenging and tests one’s limits.

Being a uniform service, it is highly attractive and adventurous. This career bears authority but with greater responsibilities.

Being a dedicated and energetic officer, how can you perform your duties for the betterment of the public? Comment.

It is my duty to maintain law and order, and protect people’s life and property. It is my duty to undertake unbiased investigation and to ensure that every wrong-doer is punished through a due process of law.

Can you suggest any measures to reform the traditional police culture?

In order to reform the traditional police culture, all hiring must be merit-based. Those police officers who are inducted on political basis are the ones who are most corrupt. Well-educated and qualified young people must be encouraged to join this service. There ought to be greater emphasis on training and refresher courses.

Police officials must be provided with better working conditions and the working hours should be eight hours a day. Medical and transportation facilities should be improved. This was tested in Motorways and Traffic Police and the results have been quite positive.

How can we depoliticize the transforms and postings of police group and observe the strict merit in this regard?

We need to come up with a code of ethics for the politicians who influence the transfer and postings of the police group, so that meritocracy is established. Likewise, police officers must work honestly and should not be dependent upon politicians to secure prominent positions.

A policy framework must be enacted where police officers are appointed for a fixed tenure and ‘sifarish’ culture is discouraged.

Torture in Thana is a common routine and that includes rapes of women. Comment

I would disagree with this statement. At times, criminals in police stations have to be exposed to different modes of investigation which includes mild torture. However, rape of women is not a routine and is not allowed to happen in thanas.

It is matter of common knowledge that crimes take place at the behest or with connivance of police officers. Is it correct?
I won’t agree with this statement. Action is taken against any police officer found to be helpful to criminals in any respect.

Any message.

I would advise all the aspirants of the competitive exams to work hard amid the intense competition. I think only those pupils should join the Police Service who have the genuine passion for it.

Muhammad Ijaz Virk MNA PPP

Muhammad Ijaz Virk Advocate 

Date of Birth : 4/14/1970
 
Place of Birth : Faisalabad
 
Constituency No : NA-83,Faisalabad-IX 

Designation : Member of National Assembly 
Fathers Name : Faiz Muhammad 

Political Affiliation (on whose ticket elected) PPPP
 
Political Party : PPPP
 

Main Source of Income : Business
 
Occupation : Advocate/ Business
 
Caste : Virk

Country Visited : Swizerland, UK, Saudia Arabia, Srilanka UAE


                         Religion : Islam
 

Vikramjeet Virk emerges as ‘John Abraham’ of the south post ‘Casanovva’ with superstar Mohanlal

This Punjabi boy is working in a Malayalam film and they are already calling him John Abraham of South India!  Meet Vikramjeet Virk, the dapper 'casanowa', who started with Ashutosh Gowarikar's 

"Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" playing a negative role pitted against Abhishek Bachchan! The tall strapping dude is not pitted against Malayam Superstar Mphanlal in the biggest action packed blockbuster released this January - 21st, 'Casanowa'!

Vikramjeet Virk started off as a model and had his fair share of struggle before landing in Bollywood.

Virk is very religious and goes to the Gurudwara everyday!

His parents have supported him thoroughly. "I cut my hair many years back because of my work and there are times when I regret it. My father didn't talk to me for a month, but today both my parents are happy for me, he says.

Vikramjeet Virk grew up in Karnal and studied at the Khalsa Senior Secondary School & S D Senior Secondary School. He used to be a state level Kabbadi player and has won several awards for athletics while in school.

He adores Madhuri Dixit saying, "The charisma and expressions with which she managed to portray a wide range of roles is unmatched by any other heroine of today. Add to that her graceful dancing and you have a truly spectacular star!"

His favourite film is 'Gadar Ek Prem Katha' for its timeless story and Sunny Paaji's 1000 watts performance. He wants to play the role of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, one of the most heroic freedom fighters that our country has ever seen.

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Musical evening of Ghazals featuring Shashi Lata Virk

Hailing from Rajasthan, the immortal land of Mira Bai and musicians like Mehdi Hassan, Pandit Ram Narayan, Ustad Sultan Khan and growing up in a household filled with classical music and ustads walking in and out of her childhood where music whispers in the very air, the young 5 year old Shashi began imitating the singing sensation Lata Mangeshkar. Recognizing the latent talent in the young Shashi, her father introduced her to the magic world of music under the tutelage of late Ustad Bhure Khan of Kirana Gharana. Followed by other stalwart ustads like Ustad Amir Khan, Ustad Nasir Ahmed Khan of the Delhi Gharana and Liaquat Begum among others. With an early start at the age of 7, Shashi started performing from the tender age of 11 and by age 14 she became the youngest Top Grade artist of All India Radio ( A.I.R. ) and Delhi Doordarshan Hailed as one of the most profound vocal talents of All India Radio (A.I.R.) and Doordarshan, Shashi, a huge fan of Lataji had a strong leaning towards the semi-classical genres to lend her voice to a couple of movies. At the tender age of 16, marriage to Squadron Leader Kawanljit Singh virk landed her in the land of dreams,Bombay, where she recorded her first album of Ghazals composed and directed by Ravindra Jain through HMV. At a time when her musical career began to blossom, Shashi moved back to Delhi to continue recording concerts for Delhi Doordarshan and All India Radio. She had the privilege of working with and recording for renowned composers like Anil Biswas, Manna Dey, Ravindra Jain, Panna Lal Kathak, Pt. Shiv Parshad, Ustad Nasir Ahmed, and Satish Bhatia among others. At a time when Shashi became one of the most sought after artists, and would have achieved greater heights, family came first once again and this time took her away from the limelight to far off Canada along with her husband and growing family. Shashi met Salim Raza, a renowned singer from Pakistan, who also had just immigrated to Canada as she, to continue her tryst with music propagation in the form of teaching and concerts for the India/Canada Association to be recognized by the Canadian Cultural Association for her outstanding efforts in promoting Indian Classical music. She was also honored by the British Columbia Cultural Association with an "Outstanding Indian Award' for her unstinting service to spread Indian Classical Music in Canada. She also taught at The Royal Conservatory Of Music. 

Sir Shahab-ud-Din Virk.

Khan Bahadur Chaudhry Sir Shahab-ud-Din Virk. Before the Partition of India, Sir Shahab-ud-Din Virk, or officially known as Khan Bahadur Chaudhry Sir Shahab-ud-Din Virk, Kt. B.A., L.L.B., was a member of the Punjab Assembly and remained Speaker of Punjab Legislative Council three times from 03-12-1925 to 27-10-1926, 04-01-1927 to 26-07-1930 and 25-10-1930 to 24-10-1936. He also remained Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly from 06-04-1937 to 19-03-1945. He was a close friend of Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, and both attended Government College Lahore together. He was also Secretary of Jat Sabha and belonged to village Bubak / Matran near Chiwanda, Sialkot.

Nawab Kapur Singh Virk

Nawab kapur singh

Nawab Kapur Singh (1697-1753) is considered one of the most revered, pivotal and legendary figures in Sikh history post 1716. Under his leadership decisions and courage, the then tiny Sikh community went through some of the darkest periods of its history. The founding father of the Sikh Confederacy and Sikh Empire, he was also the founder of the Dal Khalsa. Alongside Banda Bahadur who dominated the seen before him, he laid the foundations of the Sikh Empire and the eventual over-through of the vicious Mughal Empire. Today, he is regarded by Sikhs to be of equal importance to Banda Singh Bahadur. The period, starting from the massacre (in 1716) in Delhi of Banda, his son, seven hundred of his devoted army members and thousands of Sikhs taken captive or beheaded along the march to Delhi, was followed by severe action against the Sikhs by the rulers, including massacres of young men, women and children. However, every fresh adversity only stimulated the Sikhs' will to survive; after Banda, this fight against the oppressors was planned and led by Nawab Kapur Singh. Many Sikh scholars have stated that had it not been for the leadership of Kapur Singh, the tiny Sikh community of the time would not have survived and would have been completely decimated. Today, significant number of Sikhs commemorate and celebrate his birthday as a sign of respect and as a way to repay a debt of gratitude for his sacrifice. 

Nawab Kapur Singh was born 1697. His native village was Kaloke, now in Sheikhupura district, in Punjab (Pakistan). Kapur Singh was eleven years old at the time of Guru Gobind Singh's death and nineteen at the time of the massacre of Banda Bahadur and his followers in Delhi. Later, when he seized the village of Faizullapur, near Amritsar, he renamed it Singhpura and started living there. He is thus, also known as Kapur Singh Faizullapuria, and the small principality he founded, as Faizullapuria or Singhpuria. Kapur Singh received baptism at a large gathering held at Amritsar on Baisakhi Day, 1721 from Bhai Mani Singh. His father, Dalip Singh, and brother, Dan Singh, were also among those who were baptized into the Khalsa fold on the same day.

History of Virk

VIRK

 Virk is a Jat gotra or clan. The clan is spread across the Punjab region in Pakistan and Northern India. The name is pronounced as "Veerk".

Etymology

The name "Virk" could have been derived from the name of the epical ancestor of the gotra, Raja Virk Vardhan

Virks in the Rigveda

According to the Jat historian, Bhim Singh Dahiya's book "Aryan Tribes and the Rig Veda", a prince named Dasyave Vrika, is mentioned in the Rigveda (Vlll/51/2, Vlll/55/1, Vlll/56/1). He can be identified with the Virk clan of the Jats and also with the Virk people of Iranian history, who gave their name to the province of Varkania /Hyrcania in Iran.

In other ancient texts

As mentioned earlier, the name of one of the ancestors of the Virk gotra was Virk Vardhan. According to the Patanjali Bhashya (4.6-114), Ashtadhyayi (l-6-155), Mahabhasya( 4-2-154) and Kashikavarti (1-1-175), Raja Virk Vardhan had built forts in:

1.         Kasrud (present-day Mandsor) in Central India 

2.         Shakil (Sialkot)

3.         Sosaph

4.         Dathaaprastha

5.         Naudipur

6.         Koak

7.         Kandewa

8.         Mula

9.         Pava Datt

10.       Karkar

11.       Virkgary.

According to Thakur Yugendrapal, the Virks are the Vahilkas (they are believed to be the founders of Bahawalpur) who are mentioned in the Mahabharata and who took one-sixth of the income of king Shalya, who was the king of the Madras and ruled over Madradesa (modern-day Sialkot). In the fourth century AD, they had a powerful kingdom. They were the contemporaries of the Gupta rulers. According to Brij Indra Bhaskar, in 428 AD, the Virk rulers performed a big Yagya near Bayana and constructed a pillar, on which they mentioned themselves as Virks. Rock inscriptions of Yasodharman have been found in Mandsor. Their reign in Malwa came to an end in 462.

Physical Attributes

Historically , the Virks had unique physical attributes. In history books, they have been described as tall, muscular, courageous and loyal. These physical and mental attributes made them ideal candidates for recruitment for the armies of different kings and Maharajas. They served in British Army, and still make a sizeable portion of Pakistani and Indian armies.

Virks in the Punjab

Sheikhupura

According to historians, the present-day city of Sheikhupura in the province of Punjab (Pakistan), was the site of Virkgarh till the Mughal emperor, Jahangir built the present city of Sheikhupura. The epical ancestor Raja Virk Vardhan was a ruler of a the area with its capitol being presentday Sialkot, Punjab Pakistan. The eastern extent of his raj included Jandiala in Amritsar, India. Still, Jandiala belongs to the Virks.

Muslim and Sikh Virks

Whether Muslim or Sikh? Virks always took pride in member of the Great Jats. The majority of Virks on the western side of Punjab converted to Islam while majority of Virks on eastern side of Punjab converted to Sikhism. The famous Virk Chieftan, Nawab Kapur Singh founded the Dal Khalsa and later divided it into twelve Misls. He was from "Fyzallapur" which remained his headquarter, this village was later rename as Singhpur. The Misl that he headed was consequently known as the Singhpuria Misl.

Virks in the British period

In Punjab (British India), the Virks held very high positions in the British Indian Army. Before the Partition of India, Sir Shahabuddin, a member of the Punjab Assembly and Secretary of the Jat Sabha, was a Virk Jat who belonged to Tar in Sialkot.

Virk Jats today

Today, one can find Virk Jats on both sides of the Punjab. In Punjab (Pakistan), a majority of Virks live in the Sheikhupura district. Virks still control the city of Sheikhupura (the ancient Virkgarh), politically and economically.

History of VIRKS

History

The Pandavas, when they returned from forest, had demanded: "give us even Kusasthala, Vrikasthala, Makandi, Varanavata and, for the fifth, any other that thou likest (see -Udyoga Parva/Mahabharata Book V Chapter 31: Vrikasthala was one of them: (Bickram Virk)

कुश स्थलं वृकस्थलम आसन्थी वारणावतमअवसानं भवेथ अत्र किं चिथ एव तु पञ्चमम (V.31.19)

It is one of the most important clans. It is mentioned by Pāṇini and V.S. Agrawal has identified Virks with the Jats. The same identification has been mentioned by Buddha Prakash [1]. Mahabhasya mentions Vrika and its derivative Varkenya, the Varkan of the Persians, and Hyrcan of the Greeks. The Caspian sea was once called the Sea of Vrkans (Hyrcanian). The identification of Hyrcan with Varkan has also been mentioned by Rawlinson in his "History of Herodotus", he mentions that, even in the thirteenth century, their country in Central Asia was mentioned as Urkanich in Yakut. According to Herodotus, they fought in the battle of Thermopylae under their leader named Megapanus which, afterwards, was a Satrap of Babylonia [2]. They are one of the earliest clans to enter India and, up to the sixth century A.D., at least they were ruling in Malwa under their king Vishnuvardhana, Vrik. The Vriks are remembered in the Brahma, Vaman and Markandeya Puranas. Their antiquity goes very much deep in the past.

A country called Uruk/Wark is mentioned in Sumeria, along with a country called Gutium. In fact, Trigan, the last Gutian king in the twenty-second century B.C. was defeated by Utu-Khegal, the ruler of Wark country. It is possible that this country has been named after them.

The word Vrik in Sanskrit means a wolf - the same as Russian word Volka which also means the same and after which the river Volga is named.

In the Kushana period, an officer of Vima Kadphises was a Vrika, according to K.P.Jayaswa.

According to Patan Jali Bhashya 4.6-114, Ashtadhyayi l-6-155 Mahabhasya 4-2-154 and Kashika varti 1-1-175, Raja Virk Vardhan had his forts in Kasrud (Mandsaur), Central India, Shakil (Sialkot) Sosaph, Dathaaprastha, Naudipur, Koak, Kandewa, Mula, Pava Datt, Karkar, Virkgary, etc.

According to historians, the present Sheikhupura was the site of Virkgarh.

According to Th. Yugendrapal, Virks are Vahikas who are mentioned in the Mahabharata and who took one-sixth of the income of King Shalya. In the fourth century AD, they had a powerful kingdom. They were contemporaries of the Gupta rulers. According to Brij Indra Bhaskar, in 428 AD, the Virk rulers performed a big Yagya near Bayana and constructed a Pillar, on which they are mentioned as Virks. Rock inscriptions of Yasodharman have been found in Mandsaur. Their reign in Malwa came to an end in 462 AD.

King Singhavarma belonging to this dynasty ruled from 535 AD to 585 AD. He had two sons Narvarma and Chandravarma. Chandravarma's son was Yasovarman. According to a rock inscription found in Gandhara, he was an independent ruler. He had two sons, Bhimvarma and Bondhuvarma. Bondhuvarma was defeated by the Gupta rulers and Bhimvarma was appointed the savant of a principality near Kausambhi but, once again, he became independent and, allying himself with Anu Gupta, fought the Huns. This has been referred to in the "Chandra Viyakaran".

Bhandhuvarmas's son was Yasodharman and his son Shiladitya.

The Virk Jat Kapur Singh founded Kapurthala and made it his capital. Before Punjab's partition, Sir Shahab-ud-Din, member of the Punjab Assembly and Secretary of Jat Sabha belonged to Tar in Sialkot. Jandiala in Amritsar belonged to the Virks.

The Virk tribe was designated by the British as a Martial race.

The headquarters of the Virk

The headquarters of the Virk appear to be the Gujranwala and Sheikhupura districts, especially, the former in which they own 132 villages. They claim origin from a Rajput called Virk, who left Jammu and settled at Ghuchli in Amritsar, Sheikhupura and, Gujranwala, nearly a third of them have returned themselve as Rajputs, but they marry freely with the Jat tribes in their neighbourhood. They say that their ancestor, Virk, had descended from Raja Malan Hans Dev of Jammu, the founder of the Manhas or Minhas clan of Rajputs. Leaving Paragowal (founder of paragowal was Raja parago Minhas) in Jammu, Virk settled in Amritsar and married a Gill Jat girl. His descendants, shortly afterward, moved westwards into Gujranwala. There are three main sections of the tribe, the Jopur, Vachra, and Jan. The tribes rose to some political importance about the end of last century, ruling a considerable tract in Gujranwala and Lahore, till subdued by Ranjit Singh.

Sheikhupura

According to the historians, the present-day city of Sheikhupura in the province of Punjab (Pakistan), was the site of Virkgarh till the Mughal emperor, Jahangir built the city of Sheikhupura. The epical ancestor of Virks, Raja Virk Vardhan, was a ruler of the area with its capital being the present-day city of Sialkot, Punjab (Pakistan). The eastern extent of his Raj included Amritsar (India) which still belongs to the Virks. The Virks are still strong in this area politically and economically. There are 132 villages in this area which belong to the Virks.

Muslim and Sikh Virk

Whether Muslim, Hindu or Sikh, Virks always took pride in being members of the Jat community. The majority of Virks on the western side of Punjab converted to Islam while the majority of Virks on the eastern side of Punjab converted to Sikhism. The famous Virk chieftain, Nawab Kapur Singh founded the Dal Khalsa and, later, divided it into twelve Misls.He belonged from the "Fyzallapur" village which remained his headquarters. This village was, later, renamed as Singhpur. The Misl that he headed was, consequently, known as theSinghpuria Misl..