Fatima Bhutto

Fatima Bhutto: Biography in Details

Who is Fatima Bhutto?

Fatima Bhutto is a Pakistani writer and famous as the daughter of Murtaza Bhutto, a Pakistani politician, niece of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and also the granddaughter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Her writings include books like Whispers of The Desert, 8.50 a.m, and so on.

Who are the parents of Fatima Bhutto?

Born on May 29, 1982, she is now 36 yrs old. Her birthplace is Kabul, Afghanistan. Her father’s name is Murtaza Bhutto she is a Pakistani politician. Likewise, her mother, Fauzia Fasihudin Bhutto is the daughter of Afghanistan’s former foreign affairs official in Kabul.

She was three yrs old when her parents divorced. After that, she stayed with her father and used to move from country to country and she grew up effectively stateless. During the military regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, her father was in exile.

In the year 1989 in Syria during his exile, her father met Ghinwa Bhutto, a Lebanese ballet teacher and they get married. And Bhutto considers Ghinwa as her real mother.

Her father gets killed by the police in Karachi in the year 1996. Then she stayed with her stepmother and her half-brother Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Jr. in Old Clifton, Karachi.

Fatima Bhutto belongs to a political family as most of her family members have their careers built in politics.  Her grandfather, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was a former Pakistani Prime Minister. Furthermore, her grandmother Nusrat Bhutto is an Iranian Kurd. She is the niece of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Education, School/College University

Fatima Bhutto hasher secondary education at the Karachi American School. Then she has her graduation from Barnard College, Columbia University in New York, U.S.A with a B.A. degree in 2004. She has majored in Middle Eastern and Asian languages and cultures.

Furthermore, she also received her M.A in South Asian Studies from the SOAS, the University of London in 2005, where she wrote her dissertation on the resistance movement in Pakistan.

Fatima Bhutto: Professional Life, Career

Fatima Bhutto was just 15 yrs old when she published her first book named Whispers of The Desert in 1998. Likely, she wrote her second book at 8.50 a.m. on 8 October 2005. The book is based on and marks the moment of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

In the year 2010, her family memoir Songs of Blood and Sword was published with acclaim. In that book, she accuses her aunt Benazir and her husband Asif Zardari of killing her father Murtaza. But the book got mixed to negative reviews from critics as it was based on the history of her family. Several family members also accused her of falsifying information.

Her first fictional novel The Shadow Of The Crescent Moon was published in November 2013. In the year 2015 Bhutto’s short story titled Democracy, an e-book, under Penguin Books was released. Her latest novel was The Runaways published by Penguin Viking.

After the assassination of her aunt, Benazir Bhutto, she has her entrance into politics. Talking in an interview, she stated that she now prefers to build up her career in writing, rather than through elected office. Fatima Bhutto is not affiliated with any political party.

Awards, Nominations

Her debut novel was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Orange Prize. And she hasn’t received any awards yet.

What is Fatima Bhutto’s net worth?

Her net worth is estimated to be $1.5 million as of 2022. Though she must have a great lifestyle as she belongs from a rich and big reputed family.

Fatima Bhutto: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

She must have to maintain a good relationship with all others. And so she doesn’t fall into any rumors and controversies.

Body Stats: Height, Weight, Body Size

The information about her height and weight is unknown. Fatima Bhutto has brown colored hair and black colored eyes.

Social Media

Fatima Bhutto is active on social media platforms. She has more than followers on her Instagram with 29.7K followers. Likewise, she also uses Twitter and has 2.43M followers. Ans she has more than 1K likes on her Facebook page.

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