Mohsin Baig

Mohsin Jamil Baig (Urdu: محسن جمیل بیگ) is a Pakistani senior journalist, analyst, and Chief Editor of Online International News Agency and Daily Jinnah Newspaper. He had been considered a close friend and confidant of Prime Minister Imran Khan from 2013 to 2019, but his relations deteriorated with PM Imran Khan after he accused Usman Buzdar of being corrupt.

In February 2022, federal minister Murad Saeed made a complaint to FIA when Mohsin Baig being a guest on a talk show, made 'defamatory' remarkswhich were unethical and disparaging remarks about the minister.

Armed resistance, shooting at LEAs & taking LEA officials hostage

When FIA went to arrest Mohsin Baig, instead of complying with the law and fighting the case in court, Mohsin Baig showed armed resistance when he came out with a gun and aimed at FIA officials.

The armed resistance of Mohsin Baig continued for over an hourwhen Mohsin Baig along with his son, took two FIA officials as hostageand directly fired at FIA officials in which LEA officials were injured.

After much armed resistance for over an hour that included taking two LEA officials as hostage on gun point, attacking FIA officials, opening straight fire at them & injuring themhe was finally arrested.

His arrest was later declared illegal by the High Court of Pakistan on technical grounds.

Fraud & forgery

Later on, FIA dug deeper into Baig's past record and it was found that previously Mohsin Baig was indulged into fraud/forgery of Defense Saving Certificates. Baig remained a proclaimed offender and prime accused in FIR No 76/1987 registered under several sections of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in police station Aabpara, Islamabad, and after remaining proclaimed offender for 33 years and his name was recommended for delegation in January 2020 on the pretext that he is no more traceable.

Bribing FIA & money laundering

Another case was registered against Mohsin Baig by FIA under the allegations of interference in a case of FIA, inducing and bribing FIA officials, money laundering and others. The First Information Report (FIR) number 01/2022 stated Mohsin Baig was blamed of inducing, bribing and threatening to get undue favor for a businessman Abdul Wasay in two cases of smuggling and money laundering of the State Bank Circle (SBC) of FIA, Karachi.

Drug trafficking in USA

In an article by Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi, he claimed that Mohsin Baig went to USA in 90s and tried his luck to be rich by any means. This greed made Mohsin Baig to seek illegal steps and thus he stepped into drugs trafficking but then flew to Pakistan when he was investigated by U.S. officials and was about to get sentenced for 25 years in jail.