Asad Ali Toor | |
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Nationality | Pakistani |
Occupation(s) | journalist and YouTuber |
YouTube information | |
Channel | |
Years active | 2020–present |
Subscribers | 147.0 K[1] |
Total views | 26,711,644[1] |
Last updated: 11 February 2024 |
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.[2]
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.[3][4][5] According to Sheikh Rasheed the Interior Minister, that Nadra, FIA, and police are investigating the case, and close to identifying the accused.[6]
In February 2024, he was remanded in FIA custody for five days in a case related to an online campaign against the judiciary.[7]
Journalists' organizations protested outside the National Press Club against the attack.[8] 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.[9]