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Jugnu Mohsin | |
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| Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office 15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | PP-184 Okara-II |
| Member of the Punjab Assembly | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Syeda Memnat Hussain 1959 (age 64–65) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan[1] |
| Political party |  PMLN (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations |  Independent (2018-2022) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Mira Sethi and Ali Sethi |
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| Known for | Progressivism, Women's development |
| Awards | CPJ International Press Freedom Award (1999) |
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.
Previously, she has served as an editor of The Friday Times and Good Times.[2][3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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