Fatima Bhutto, the granddaughter of former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, has become a mother to a baby boy.
The daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, who got married last year to Graham aka Jibran, has welcomed a baby boy named Mir Murtaza Byra. She took to X and announced, “Graham and I are so happy to share the news of the birth of our baby boy. We wanted to give our son a name that would bestow him with courage and kindness as he makes his way through the world.”
Graham and I are so happy to share the news of the birth of our baby boy. We wanted to give our son a name that would bestow him with courage and kindness as he makes his way through the world. I wanted a name that would act as an inspiration to him in his life but also one that… pic.twitter.com/VJg3yT1oCA
— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) March 16, 2024
She continued, “I wanted a name that would act as an inspiration to him in his life but also one that would cloak him in love and strength, a name that he could wear with the knowledge that it was given to him from deep within his mother’s heart and soul to protect him throughout his life, to give him in equal measure both grace and fearlessness, a sense of his homeland and of joy.”
She tweeted, “Every time I thought of what name might do that, I always came back to my beloved father’s name. Please keep us in your prayers.”
Who is Fatima Bhutto?
Forty-one-year-old Fatima Bhutto is a Pakistani writer and columnist. She was born in Kabul, she is the daughter of politician Murtaza Bhutto, sister of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr, niece of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and granddaughter of former prime minister and president of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
She was raised in Syria and Karachi, and received her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College, followed by a master’s degree from the SOAS University of London.
