Jugnu Mohsin is a Pakistani journalist and politician. Mohsin is a member of Pakistan Women’s Action Forum. She is the co-founder of Friday Times Newsweek and Pioneer Books.
Wiki/Biography
Syeda Maimanat Mohsin was born on 19 September 1959 in Lahore, Pakistan (age 64 years 2023). She completed her education at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore. In 1980, she obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Cambridge University. In 1984, she studied for a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge. In London, she was called to practice at Gray’s Inn, one of the four professional associations for lawyers and judges.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: dark brown
Eye color: dark brown
family
Jugnu Mohsin belongs to a Punjabi (Pakistani) Muslim family.
Parents and siblings
Jugnu Mohsin’s father’s name is Syed Muhammad Mohsin, who passed away on July 12, 2022, and her mother’s name is Sitwat Mohsin, who passed away in April 2022.
Jugnu Mohsin’s father Syed Muhammad Mohsin
Jugnu Mohsin’s mother Sitwar Mohsin
She has a brother named Syed Mehdi Mohsin and a sister named Moni Mohsin, a British-Pakistani writer.
Jugnu Mohsin’s younger brother Syed Mehdi Mohsin
Jugnu Mohsin’s sister Moni Mohsin
husband and children
She is married to Najam Sethi, a Pakistani journalist, businessman and cricket administrator. She met him while studying for a master’s degree at Cambridge University and married him in 1983. They have a son Ali Sethi (singer) and a daughter Mira Sethi (actress).
Jugnu Mohsin and her husband Najam Sethi
Jugnu Mohsin’s son Ali Sethi and daughter Mira Sethi
other relatives
Her uncle Syed Zulfiqar Bokhari was a politician and bureaucrat who served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Spain. He served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board from 1995 to 1998. He died on January 4, 2019.
Jugnu Mohsin’s uncle Syed Zulfikar Bokhari
Her other uncle, Syed Iftikhar Bokhari, was a politician and cricketer. He served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1988 to 1991. He played cricket for more than ten years from 1951 to 1967 and passed away on November 10, 2021.
Jugnu Mohsin’s uncle Syed Iftikhar Bokhari
Her cousin Syed Fakhar Imam was a politician who served as Speaker of the 11th National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1986. He served as Chairman of the Pakistan Parliament’s Special Committee on Kashmir. From April 2020 to 2022, he served as the Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research of Pakistan.
Jugnu Mohsin’s cousin Syed Fakhar Imam
Another of her cousins, Syeda Abida Hussain, was appointed Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States in 1991, the first female diplomat. She joined the Pakistan Muslim League party in 1985. From 1997 to 1999, she served as Minister of Food, Agriculture and Population Control.
Jugnu Mohsin’s cousin Syeda Abida Hussain
Her niece Syeda Sughra Imam is a politician and a member of the Pakistan People’s Party in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Jugnu Mohsin’s niece Syeda Sugra Imam
Religion/Religious Views
She follows the Muslim religion.
address
H.No.30-C, FCC, Syed Maratab Ali Road, Gulberg-4, Lahore, Pakistan
Profession
reporter
Since 1989 she has been publisher and editor of The Friday Times. From 2016 to 2017, she worked as a news anchor for the Pakistani news channel Geo TV. In 2018, she worked as a news anchor at Pakistani news channel ARY News. She hosts a weekly talk show called ‘Jugnu’.
Screenshot of Jugnu Mohsin working as a news anchor at ARY News Channel
politician
She contested the 2018 elections independently in PP-184 Okara constituency and won with 62,506 votes. She became an independent member of the Punjab Assembly and her term ends on January 14, 2023. In March 2021, she joined the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) political party.
Jugnu Mohsin meets Pakistan Muslim League leader Nawaz Sharif
dispute
kidnap her husband
In May 1999, Mohsin’s husband Najam Sethi was arrested by the Punjab police without a warrant. Eight armed police officers reportedly broke into their home, tied up Mohsin, locked her in a room and arrested her husband. She launched protests and a campaign in the Friday Times demanding her husband’s release.
Jugnu Mohsin during protest against release of husband Najam Sethi
The Committee to Protect Journalists and World Bank President James Wolfensohn also wrote to Nawaz Sharif demanding the release of Najam al-Sisi. In June 1999, Seti was released due to insufficient evidence to prove the government’s charges of “condemning the founding of the state, advocating the abolition of national sovereignty” and “inciting hostility between different groups”.
attempt an assassination
In June 2021, Mohsin was attacked by an unidentified gunman after a rally in Jhuj Kalan in Punjab. She reportedly received death threats on social media for not attending the rally, but attended anyway. After attending a rally, her vehicle was attacked, stones were pelted and a gunman shot at her; according to the FIR, she was safe while the main assailant was on the run after shooting at Mohsin.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 1999, Mohsin was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Jugnu Mohsin receives 1999 International Press Freedom Award from Committee to Protect Journalists
Facts/Trivia
- Mohsin wrote satirical columns such as “The Dim and Authoritarian Personality”, “Mush and Bush” and “His Intolerance of Dissent”, which touched upon Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif and politicians like George W. Bush.
- She opposed Imran Khan’s entry into politics and published a satirical article against him in October 2011. (“India Today”)
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