Mohsin Raza Naqvi
Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi; born 28 October 1978) is a
Pakistani media mogul who is the owner of City Media Group. He is serving
as the incumbent caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab since
22 January 2023.
Early life and
Media career
Naqvi was born on 28 October 1978, in the city of Lahore, in the Punjab province and did his primary education at Crescent Model School in Lahore. He graduated from Government College University (GCU) Lahore and moved to the United States for further studies in media sciences.
He reportedly stayed in the coastal
metropolis city of Miami, joined the multinational cable news CNN as a producer,
and became the youngest Regional Head of South Asia after returning to
Pakistan.
He later founded City Media Group in
2009 with C42 as its first television channel, later re-branded
as City 42. Currently, he is running six TV Channels and one newspaper; including 24 News Channel,
Rohi Channel for Saraiki Belt, and a popular channel of Faisalabad city C41. He
has also started Channel 21 from Karachi. His Urdu News Channel C44 is also
working in the UK.
Chief Minister
of Punjab
Naqvi was one of the two nominees
suggested by Hamza Shehbaz, Leader of the Opposition Punjab Assembly. Election
Commission of Pakistan later made the appointment of Naqvi as caretaker CM during
a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner, Sikander Sultan Raja after an unusual
delay and constant deadlock between the previous provincial government and the
opposition over the nominees after the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly. more details
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