Saima Mohsin is a British Pakistani journalist and presenter born and raised in South London.[citation needed] She has been a Sky News presenter since 2022.[1]
Career
In 2000, Mohsin, gained her first job in television joining ITV Meridian as a producer, and later became a presenter/reporter for the station.[2] In 2002, Mohsin joined BBC Points West as a reporter and presenter. In 2004, she moved to BBC One‘s Watchdog – the UK’s most watched current affairs show – as an investigative reporter on consumer issues.[citation needed]
Mohsin later worked freelance as a newsreader and reporter for BBC News 24, Sky News and ITN.[citation needed] She presented a debate show for Channel 4 on suicide bombings and the future of British Islam following the 7/7 London bombings.
In 2006, Mohsin joined GMTV[3] 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 Dawn News, Pakistan’s first English news channel.[citation needed] She presented News Eye, the channel’s flagship nightly news programme. She contributes as a special correspondent for PBS NewsHour in the United States as well as ITN and Daybreak in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]
She was Pakistan correspondent in 2013 and later an international correspondent for CNN International until 2017.[citation needed]
In 2023, Mohsin sued CNN for unfair dismissal and racial discrimination after an assignment in Israel that she claimed left her with an “invisible disability”.[4] Mohsin claimed her cameraman ran over her foot in a car, causing severe tissue damage that left Mohsin struggling to sit, stand and walk or return to work full-time.[5]
References
- ^ “In Pakistan it seems there are only two ways prime ministers leave office – coups or assassinations”. Sky News.
- ^ “BBC – Pointswest – Presenter profiles – Saima Mohsin”. www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ “Profile: Saima Mohsin, GMTV reporter and presenter”. AIM. 5 November 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ Thaler, Shannon (10 July 2023). “Ex-CNN reporter Saima Mohsin suing network for racial discrimination, unfair dismissal”. New York Post. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ^ Waterson, Jim (10 July 2023). “Former reporter suing CNN for unfair dismissal and racial discrimination”. The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2026.