Jugnu Mohsin

Syeda Maimanat Mohsin (born 1959), commonly known as Jugnu Mohsin, is a Pakistani politician and journalist. She was an independent member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab until 31 March 2022 and then joined PML(N) on 1 April 2022. Her term ended on 14 January 2023.

Jugnu Mohsin
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-184 Okara-II
Member of the Punjab Assembly
Personal details
Born
Syeda Memnat Hussain

1959 (age 64–65)
Lahore, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N) (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent
Spouse
Najam Sethi
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(m. 1983)​
ChildrenMira Sethi and Ali Sethi
Relatives
  • Moni Mohsin (sister)
  • Syed Zulfiqar Bokhari (uncle)
  • Syed Iftikhar Bokhari (uncle)
  • Syeda Sughra Imam (niece)
  • Syed Fakhar Imam (cousin)
  • Syeda Abida Hussain (cousin)
Known forProgressivism, Women's development
AwardsCPJ International Press Freedom Award (1999)

Previously, she has served as an editor of The Friday Times and Good Times. She previously hosted an eponymous weekly talkshow Jugnu.

Born into a wealthy Punjabi family, Mohsin studied law at University of Cambridge, where she met and married journalist Najam Sethi in 1983. In 1999, her husband, Friday Times editor-in-chief Najam Sethi, was arrested by the Nawaz Sharif government for his work as a journalist and held for a month without charge, causing Mohsin to launch an international campaign for his release. That year, she and Sethi were awarded the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

She won the 2018 Elections from PP 184 Constituency of Okara District by obtaining 62,506 votes.

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