Fatima Murtaza Bhutto, as her last name suggests is from the Bhutto Family. She was born on May 29, 1982, in Kabul Afghanistan, while her father Murtaza Bhutto, the son of former Pakistan's President and Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was in exile during the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Her mother is Fauzia Fasihudin Bhutto, daughter of Afghanistan's former Foreign Affairs official. Her father was killed by the police in 1996 in Karachi during the premiership of his sister, Benazir Bhutto. It is also rumoured that Murtaza Bhutto was killed under the orders of Benazir Bhutto. Fatima’s parents divorced when she was young and Ghinwa Bhutto became her stepmother in 1989.She lives with her stepmother Ghinwa Bhutto, and her half-brother Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Jr. They live at the famous residence 70 Clifton Road in Old Clifton, Karachi.

Her claim to fame is not just being a Bhutto, she is also a Pakistani poet and has authored several books other than writing columns for Jang, The Daily Beast, New Statesman and other publications. She came to fame after her books were published. She is a very vocal critic of the way Pakistani Politics works, she has also been highly critical of her aunt, Benazir Bhutto’s husband, Mr. 110%.

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Following the assassination of her aunt, Benazir Bhutto, her entrance into politics has been speculated. She has stated that for now she prefers to remain active through her writing, rather than through elected office. However, she actively supports her mother's chairmanship of her father's wing of the ‘Pakistan Peoples Party’, which failed to win a single seat in the 2008 elections. She believes in democracy and not birthright politics. Her latest book is Songs of Blood and Sword : A Daughter's Memoir which is a biography of the Bhutto family, mainly the political account of her father Mir Murtaza Bhutto.

“I don’t believe in birthright politics. I don’t think, nor have I ever thought, that my name qualifies me for anything.” – Fatima Bhutto

She spoke at the Sydney Writers’ Festival in May this year on ‘Pakistan Nation being on the verge of a Nervous Breakdown’. in her 34 minute address she voiced what maybe millions of Pakistanis would have wanted to voice. Her take on This Nervous Breakdown, the cause and how it is not an issue faced by Pakistan alone but also Nations like America are nothing less than thought provoking.