He received 64,729 votes and defeated Muhammad Aslam Lone, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
[2] He contexted for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-97 (Gujranwala-III) in 2002 Pakistani general election,[3] but was unsuccessful.
[4] He received 12,491 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Shahid Akram Bhinder, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q).
[8][9][10][11][12] He received 104,638 votes and defeated Rana Naeem Ur Rehman Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
[14][4] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Virk ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Law and Justice.