[1] He is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, and he serves on the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International development.
[9] From 1997 to 2002, Zuberi served with The Black Watch, a Canadian Forces reserve unit, and assisted his compatriots during the 1998 Ice Storm.
Upon his return to Canada in 2006, he joined the Ottawa office of the non-profit and non-partisan National Council of Canadian Muslims (formerly known as the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAN-CAIR)), Canada's leading Muslim advocacy organization, as the Media Relations and Human Rights Coordinator.
As an MP, Zuberi presented a unanimous consent motion on the recognition of the Romani genocide in August 2020.
[15] He has been co-chair of the multipartisan Canadian-Uyghur Parliamentary Friendship Group[16] and one of the leading voices in Canada and within the Canadian Liberal Party regarding human rights abuses against the Uyghur community in China.
[citation needed] In February 2023, Zuberi presented motion M-62, recognizing that Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims that have fled to third countries face pressure and intimidation by the Chinese state to return to China which passed unanimously with the support of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.