Fatima Bhutto on secrets, lies and surviving coercive control

法蒂玛·布托谈秘密、谎言和生存于强制控制之下

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2026-02-02

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The Pakistani writer on enduring an abusive relationship in the public eye, and how she broke free. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, Fatima Bhutto on surviving an abusive relationship while living in the public eye.

  • Fatima Bhutto was born into one of Pakistan's most famous families.

  • A wealthy and powerful political dynasty marked my decades of bloody violence.

  • The leading Pakistani politician, Benazir Bhutto, has been assassinated.

  • She was killed in a terrorist attack as she was leaving an election rally in the city of Rohingya.

  • She has been martyred, said Baba Awan.

  • Threats to the family were constant.

  • And so the need to keep secrets became Fathama's norm.

  • There were days I remember where my father would wake me up in the morning and say,

  • you can't go to school.

  • We've got to leave the house.

  • You can't tell anyone where you are.

  • and maybe we'll come back in a week.

  • Fatma's father, Murdoz Abato, was killed in a police shootout outside the family home.

  • She was just 14 years old.

  • Her world turned utterly upside down.

  • Not even a week after my father was killed, my stepmother came up to me one morning and said,

  • we've got to send you and your brother out of the country because we don't know.

  • People are saying you could be killed next.