Saima Mohsin is a

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journalist and presenter born and raised in

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. Most recently she has been an international correspondent for CNN.

Career

In 2000 Mohsin gained her first job in television joining

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as a producer, and later became a presenter/reporter for the station. In 2002, Mohsin joined ''BBC Points West'' as a reporter and presenter. In 2004 she moved to

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's ''

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'' - the UK's most watched current affairs show - as an investigative reporter on consumer issues. Mohsin later worked freelance as a newsreader and reporter for

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and ITN. She presented a debate show for

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on suicide bombings and the future of British Islam following the

7/7 London bombing The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the mor ...

s. In 2006 Mohsin joined GMTV on which she covered stories around the UK and the world including the plea to free Mirza Tahir Hussain from death row in Pakistan and Glaswegian runaway 12‑year-old Molly Campbell/Misba Rana. She moved to Pakistan in 2007 to be the face of

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, Pakistan's first English news channel. She presented ''News Eye'', the channel's flagship nightly news programme. She contributes as a special correspondent for ''

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'' in the United States as well as ITN and ''Daybreak'' in the United Kingdom. She was Pakistan Correspondent in 2013 and later an International Correspondent for CNN International until 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohsin, Saima English people of Pakistani descent Living people 1977 births Alumni of the University of Birmingham British expatriates in Pakistan Dawn Media Group people British women journalists