Jugnu Mohsin is a Pakistani journalist and politician. Mohsin is a member of the Women’s Action Forum in Pakistan. He is the co-founder of the news publication The Friday Times and the publishing house Vanguard Books.
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Syeda Maimanat Mohsin was born on 19 September 1959 (age 64; as of 2023) in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his schooling at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore. In 1980, he graduated from the University of Cambridge with the title of Bachelor of Laws. In 1984, he graduated from Cambridge University. In London he was called to the bar at Gray’s Inn (one of the judicial professional associations for lawyers and judges) to practice.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′5″
Hair color: dark brown
Eye color: dark brown
family
Jugnu Mohsin belongs to a Punjabi (Pakistan) Muslim family.
parents and siblings
Jugnu Mohsin’s father name is Syed Muhammad Mohsin who passed away on 12 July 2022 and mother’s name is Sitwat Mohsin who passed away in April 2022.
Jugnu Mohsin’s father, Syed Muhammad Mohsin
Jugnu Mohsin’s mother, Sitwat Mohsin
He has a brother named Syed Mehdi Mohsin and a sister named Moni Mohsin, a British-Pakistani writer.
Jugnu Mohsin’s 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. He met her while doing a master’s degree at Cambridge University and married her in 1983. They have a son named Ali Seth who is a singer and a daughter named Meera Seth who is an actress.
Jugnu Mohsin with his wife Najam Sethi
Jugnu Mohsin’s son, Ali Sethi and daughter, Meera Sethi
other relatives
His uncle, Syed Zulfikar Bokhar, was a politician and bureaucrat who served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Spain. He was the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board from 1995 to 1998. He died on January 4, 2019.
Jugnu Mohsin’s uncle, Syed Zulfiqar Bokhar
His second uncle, Syed Iftikhar Bokhar, was a politician and cricketer. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1988 to 1991. He played cricket for more than a decade from 1951 to 1967 and died on 10 November 2021.
Jugnu Mohsin’s uncle, Syed Iftikhar Bokhar
His cousin Syed Fakhar Imam is a politician who was the 11th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1986. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Special Committee on Pakistan Kashmir. From April 2020 to 2022, he was the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research in Pakistan.
Jugnu Mohsin’s cousin, Syed Fakhar Imam
Her second cousin, Syeda Abida Hussain, was the first female diplomat to be appointed Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States in 1991. He joined the Pakistan Muslim League political party in 1985. He was the Minister of Food and Agriculture and Population Control from 1997 to 1999.
Jugnu Mohsin’s cousin, Syeda Abida Hussain
His niece, Sida Sughra Imam is a politician and was a member of the Pakistan People’s Party in Punjab, Pakistan.
Jugnu Mohsin’s niece, Syeda Sughra Imam
Religion/Religious Beliefs
He follows the Muslim religion.
Address
H.No.30-C, FCC, Syed Maratab Ali Road, Gulberg-4, Lahore, Pakistan
Career
Journalist
He has been working as a publisher and editor at The Friday Times since 1989. From 2016 to 2017, he worked as a news anchor for the Pakistani news channel Geo TV. In 2018, he worked as a news anchor in Pakistani news channel, ARY News. He hosted a weekly talk show called Jugnu.
Screening of Jugnu Mohsin as a news anchor on ARY News channel
politican
He participated independently in the 2018 elections from PP-184 Okara District Constituency and won the elections with 62506 votes. He became an independent member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly and his term ended on 14 January 2023. In March 2021, he joined the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) political party.
Jugnu Mohsin meeting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sharif
confrontations
Abduction of her husband
In May 1999, Mohsin’s husband, Najam Sethi, was arrested without a warrant by the Punjab police. According to reports, eight armed officers stormed their home, tied Mohsin up and locked her in a room, and arrested her husband. She started protests and campaigned in The Friday Times for her husband’s release.
Jugnu Mohsin during a rally for the release of his wife Najam Seth
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists and World Bank President James Wolfensohn also wrote to Nawaz Sharif to release Najam Sethi. In June 1999, Seth was released because there was no evidence to prove the charges of “condemning the establishment of the state and advocating the abrogation of its sovereignty” and “promoting enmity between different groups” by the government.
Trying to help
In June 2021, Mohsin was attacked by unknown gunmen in Juj Kalan, Punjab after his rally. It was reported that he was threatened with death for not attending this rally, but he attended it anyway. After attending the rally, his car was attacked, stoned and shot by a gunman; According to the FIR registered, he was safe and the main assailant was absconding after firing at Mohsin.
Awards, honors, achievements
- Mohsin was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists in 1999.
Yugnu Mohsin at the 1999 International Press Freedom Awards by the Committee to Protect Journalists
Facts/Trivia
- Mohsin wrote satirical columns such as “The Obscure and Authoritarian Personality”, “Mushi and Bush” and “His Intolerance of Dissent” about political figures such as Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif and George W. Bush.
- He opposed Imran Khan’s entry into politics and published a satire on him in October 2011. ((India Today))
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