Friday Times Editor Jugnu Mohsin wins Punjab Assembly seat as an independent
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 27 July 2018
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Jugnu Mohsin, co-founder and editor of The Friday Times, won a Punjab Assembly seat as an independent in the recent elections. She secured 62,506 votes, defeating her closest rival significantly.Summary
ISLAMABAD - In all the hullaballoo of the PTI victory in Pakistan’s general election, the win of Jugnu Mohsin (born Syeda Maimanat Mohsin), wife of Najam Sethi from a Punjab Assembly seat has almost gone unnoticed.
Mohsin won the Punjab Assembly seat from PP-184, Okara, as an independent candidate. Securing 62506 votes, she easily beat another independent Syed Raza Ali Gilani, who got 41068 votes.
In its special issue on the general elections, Herald reported that “PMLN is supporting an independent Lahore-based journalist Jugnu Mohsin, who is also the wife of Pakistan Cricket Board’s chief Najam Sethi. Her father’s family has also remained active in Okara’s district politics in the past.”
Mohsin is the co-founder and editor of The Friday Times and from 2016, hosts a weekly talk show ‘Jugnu on Geo News’.
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KEY POINTS:
- Jugnu Mohsin won PP-184, Okara, as an independent candidate.
- She received 62,506 votes, outperforming Syed Raza Ali Gilani.
- Her win has been overshadowed by PTI's larger victories in the elections.
- Mohsin is married to Najam Sethi, the chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
- She has been active in journalism and hosts a weekly talk show.
