| Asad Ali Toor | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Pakistani | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Journalist, Supreme Court Reporter and YouTuber | ||||||||||||||
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Asad Ali Toor or Asad Toor is a Pakistani youtuber journalist. He currently reports from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He has also worked as a producer for the Aaj News.[1] Asad Ali Toor always criticiz Pakistani government agencies, military establiment, and Supreme Court, specially on the Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa after Supreme Court of Pakistan controversial judgement on January 13, which is not allowed to Imran Khan party PTI from using the cricket bat symbol in the 2024 Pakistani general election
Asad Ali Toor is known to be a critic of the military establishment in Pakistan.On the evening of 25 May 2021, Toor was tied up, beaten and ambushed inside his apartment in Islamabad by three unidentified men.[2] [3] [4] According to Sheikh Rasheed the Interior Minister, that Nadra, FIA, and police are investigating the case, and close to identifying the accused.[5]
In February 2024, he was remanded in FIA custody for five days in a case related to an online campaign against the judiciary.[6] During the arrest by the FIA’s cybercrime unit in Islamabad. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Committee to Protect Journalists urged authorities to release Toor immediately and unconditionally, and to stop harassing him for his work as a journalist.
Journalists' organizations protested outside the National Press Club against the attack.[7] Toor was supported by journalist's unions, media organizations and media personals including Hamid Mir. Mir was banned by Geo News from his show Capital Talk.[8]