Asad Ali Toor
@AsadAToor
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Sapiosexual. Dutch Human Rights Tulip Award winner journalist. Love Jaun Elia/pets/kids. Uncensored: https://t.co/OpZcezqy51
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Joined August 2017
🚨🚨 Overwhelmed to share I’m awarded Dutch human rights #Tulip Award for 2024, immense gratitude @NLinPakistan ambassador @HennyFdeVries for the award and acknowledgment of my work. I have no words to express my feelings but I want to thank you everybody who stood by me, my
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For #HumanRightsDay, we hosted students from Bahria and NUST at the 🇳🇱 residence and screened State of Silence, followed by an engaging discussion with Pakistani journalists @cyalm @Matiullahjan919 @AsadAToor on press freedom and human rights. #PressFreedom @RJSiegert
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By imposing these four types of taxes on a single handset of over $700, the FBR collected Rs18 billion in the last fiscal year.
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NA panel terms heavy taxes irrational, narrow-mindedness that serves FBR
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The government banned the import of used cars under the baggage scheme and tightened restrictions for the other two schemes, including a minimum three-year stay abroad, restricting competition for foreign firms in breach of commitments made to IMF.
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Fuel prices to go up Rs2.56/litre as ECC tightens auto import rules, PIA gets bailout
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Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has approved an additional Rs2.56 per litre margin for petrol and diesel to boost the profitability of oil marketing companies (OMCs) and their dealers.
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Vehicle import rules tightened; only transfer of residence, gift schemes retained, personal baggage scheme discontinued.
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“Toxic air pollution reduces the life expectancy of the average Pakistani by 3.9 years,” the report states.
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Report comes under fire from Punjab environmental agency as it is "criticising their efforts"; spokesperson asks research organisation to reveal its sources.
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In a recent question-and-answer session, the National Assembly was provided with a breakdown of the annual per capita water availability in each province.
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National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that opposition members would be invited to a national-level consultation to devise a joint strategy for water issues and food security.
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Says safeguarding Pakistan’s future depends on protection of water resources and addressing food security challenges.
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#Punjab Assembly adopted a resolution to ban incarcerated #PTI founder and former prime minister @ImranKhanPTI and his party for being “anti-state”.
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PML-N MPA Tahir Pervaiz moves the resolution; PTI lawmakers boycott assembly session.
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Authorities used water cannons to disperse protesters, including the sisters of #PTI founder @ImranKhanPTI, who were staging a sit-in outside Adiala jail after being denied a meeting with the ex-premier.
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Aleema claims Imran has not been allowed to meet his personal physician for the past 14 months; Gohar urges authorities to allow the meeting.
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More than 250 human rights groups and other NGOs renewed pressure on the German government to take in hundreds of Afghans stranded in Pakistan who had been offered sanctuary by Berlin.
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UNHCR survey shows only 1.2m of 2m Afghans in Pakistan are registered.
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The Prosecutor General Sindh himself appeared before the Chief Justice Sindh High Court to take permission for same day hearing to file an appeal against acquittal of @MahrangBaloch_ in FIR 654/2024 PS Quaidabad. A case which has no evidence, no merits no legal basis resulting
Alhumdulillah! The Learned Anti-Terrorism Court-V, Karachi has acquitted BYC Leader @MahrangBaloch_ in FIR No. 654/2024, P.S. Quaidabad. The FIR had been registered under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act; Section 124-A PPC (sedition, despite the provision being ultra vires);
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ویسے نعوذباللہ نعوذباللہ ثم نعوذ باللہ استغفر اللہ من ذالک - میاں صاحب بھی پہلے جیل میں سیاسی ملاقاتوں میں سیاسی پلاننگ شلاننگ تحریک محریک المعروف فتنہ و انتشار پھیلانا وغیرہ کیا کرتے تھے؟ وہ تو پچاس بندے اکٹھے نہیں ہوئے تو چلو پچاس روپے سہی۔
نواز شریف نے عید کے بعد حکومت کے خلاف تحریک چلانے کا اعلان کردیا۔ نوازشریف کہتے ہیں کہ تمام ادارے اپنے آئینی دائرہ کار کے اندر ہی رہیں۔ جیل میں لیگی رہنماؤں سے بات چیت ۔
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اشرافیہ جمہوریہ پاکستان۔۔۔ یہ ہے ظلم کا نظام۔۔۔ دوجج دو کہانیاں۔۔۔ دو ایف آئی آرز دو کہانیاں۔۔۔ اشرافیہ جمہوریہ پاکستان۔۔۔ ایک جج کے دفتر سے دو سیب چوری کا مقدمہ درج، تفتیش شروع۔۔۔ ایک جج کے بیٹے کے ہاتھوں 2 بچیوں کے قتل کا مقدمہ خارج،کیس بند۔۔۔ یہ ہے انصاف کا نظام۔۔۔ یہ یے ایلیٹ
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سرفراز چوہدری ۔ دپٹی ڈائریکٹر NCCIA کرپٹ اور غلاظت میں لتھڑا ہوا ایک بےایمان افسر اسی لیے کہتی رہی ہوں جو معاشرے کے سب سے غلیظ کردار ہوتے ہیں وہی دین کا غلاف اوڑھ لیتے ہیں تاکہ غیر قانونی کاموں پر کوئ سوال نا اٹھا سکے #StopBlasphemyBusiness
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لاہور میں ایک جج کے چیمبر سے دو سیب اور ایک ہینڈ واش مارکہ کی چوری پر فوراً ایف آئی آر درج ہو جاتی ہے مگر بلوچستان میں لوگوں کے جوان بیٹے اغوا ہو جاتے ہیں اور ماں باپ ایف آئی آر کے لیے در در کی ٹھوکریں کھاتے ہیں، احتجاج کرتے ہیں، دھرنے دیتے ہیں پھر بھی کوئی سنوائی نہیں ہوتی۔
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66% of respondents said they had not encountered a situation in the past year where they felt compelled to pay a bribe for public services. 55% advocate for the removal of political names and images from government advertising.
tribune.com.pk
Survey of 4,000 citizens highlights public trust, institutional reforms, and demands accountability in key sectors
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Gas supply in the current year was significantly better than the previous winter, with an approximate 26% increase in overall gas supply to households.
tribune.com.pk
Minister gives directive to maintain adequate pressure, address complaints
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"However, in #Pakistan, including Islamabad, the La Niña effect is expected to be relatively weak and not strong enough to trigger extreme cold," he said.
tribune.com.pk
Weak La Niña brings dry winter, PMD warns farmers
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Traders said that wholesale rates in Karachi dropped to Rs160 per kg from Rs190-200 before sugarcane crushing. In Punjab, the rate eased to Rs155 while the commodity was being retailed at Rs175 per kg in some cities, they claimed.
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Retailers in Karachi continue to charge Rs190-210 per kg across various areas.
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