Fatima Bhutto is from a Sindhi family. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, while her father Murtaza Bhutto was in exile during the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Murtaza Bhutto was son of former Pakistan's President and Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and 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. Her parents divorced when she was young and Ghinwa Bhutto became her stepmother in 1989. Years later, her mother unsuccessfully attempted to gain parental custody of Fatima.

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.

Bhutto completed her BA degree in Middle Eastern studies from Barnard College, in Manhattan, USA, after receiving her secondary education at the Karachi American School. She received a Master's degree in South Asian Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

The title of Bhutto's book 8.50 a.m. 8 October 2005 marks the moment of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake; it records accounts of those affected. She has also written a book of poetry, Whispers in the Desert; a memoir, Songs of Blood and Sword, was published in April 2010.

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 the unpopular 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.

Selected articles by Fatima Bhutto

• Open your eyes, Dave New Statesman, 30 October 2008
• Texts, lies and Zardari-gate New Statesman, 30 October 2008
• Pleasing Mr Obama New Statesman, 19 February 2009
• India and Pakistan are 'siblings': Fatima Bhutto The Hindu, 3 February 2008
• Fatima Bhutto in Jaipur, India The News International
• Farewell to Wadi Bua (Urdu) Jang Online, 2 January 2008
• Farewell to Wadi Bua The News International, 29 December 2007
• "Aunt Benazir's false promises," Los Angeles Times, 14 November 2007
• Karachi is my city, my home Indus Asia Online Journal, 21 October 2007
• I Love to Fight Payvand's Iran News (first published by Pakistan’s The News International), 3 July 2007
• These are Strange Times Payvand's Iran News (first published by Pakistan’s The News International), 26 February 2007
• Children of the revolution Payvand's Iran News (first published by Pakistan’s The News International), 20 February 2007
• Tehran, a city of surprises Payvand's Iran News (first published by Pakistan’s The News International), 16 February 2007
• Welcome to Tehran Payvand's Iran News (first published by Pakistan’s The News International), 14 February 2007
• Tehran or bust: A hundred beats Payvand's Iran News, 12 February 2007
• FROM THE FRONTLINES: Lebanon ... the morning after Daily Times, 16 July 2006
• Social Justice Jang Online, 18 April 2007
• Remembering by Fatima Bhutto The News International
• Memories of 9/11 Jang Online, 19 September 2007
• Podcast talk and live blogging with Fatima Bhutto, in conversation with Geoff Dyer: Hope and Courage In Pakistan City Weekend, 8 March 2008 - at the Shanghai International Literary Festival

Interviews

• 'Who Killed Benazir'?: an Interview with Fatima Bhutto World Politics Review, 23 January 2008
• Video Interview with Fatima Bhutto on her father's Murder YouTube
• Benazir Bhutto and Beyond - Contrasting Views on Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan International Museum of Women, October 2008 - Audio Interview with Fatima Bhutto
• In My Place Guernica Magazine, July 2009 - Interview with Bhutto
• Frost over the World - Fatima Bhutto YouTube - Interview Al Jazeera English, 18 April 2010
• Fatima Bhutto: Pakistan’s Devastating Floods Are President Zardari’s Katrina - video report by Democracy Now!

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