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MPA Jugnu Mohsin escapes unhurt in attack
Incident happened when Mohsin was travelling back home after addressing a public rally
LAHORE:
Punjab Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Syeda Maimanat Mohsin, popularly known as Jugnu Mohsin, was allegedly attacked on Monday. She remained unhurt.
The incident happened when Mohsin, also a journalist and wife of senior journalist Najam Sethi, travelling back home after addressing a public rally in Hujra Shah Muqeem, Okara, her home constituency.
According to the police report, Mohsin was returning after addressing a public procession in Moza Jhajh Kalan along with her supporters.
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On Hujra Road, she was intercepted by Muhammad Hussain and other unidentified men who riding motorcycles and carrying firearms.
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JournalismPakistan.com June 09, 2021 Published 1 hours ago
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) has strongly condemned attack on Member of Punjab Assembly and veteran journalist Jugnu Mohsin by her opponents in Akhterabad area of Okara district when she was on a routine visit to her constituency.
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LAHORE: Jugnu Mohsin, Independent MPA from PP-184, Okara, with nearly 65,000 votes (a record for an MPA) has submitted an adjournment motion in the Punjab Assembly while condemning rising incidents of attacks on journalists and social media activists.
She spoke on the floor of the House on Friday and asked for the Chair’s permission to submit a resolution condemning the rising tide of violence against the media. The Chair granted permission and Jugnu Mohsin will table the Resolution in the next session of the Punjab Assembly. In her preamble, she stated that freedom of expression is a right enshrined in the Constriction of Pakistan and the government should protect these rights. She said today’s government may be tomorrow’ opposition and they will need the free media then.