Murtaza Bhutto

statement to the Press saying that she was trying to locate me and that I was
not available. So she put the blame on me.
Q: What is Ghinwa so afraid of?
Fowzia: I don't know. Maybe politics, the inheritance. It could be a variety of
things. But I told her specifically that I have no interest in politics or the
inheritance. My only intention is to see Fati and not to take her away. I also
want to open a way for her to create a relationship with Shahnawaz Bhutto's
daughter Sassi who is the same age as Fatima and lives close to us with her
mother Rehana. Sassi is dying to see Fati because she is very close on both
father's and mother's sides. I once read in Pakistan Link that Ghinwa wanted
to bring the Pakistani nation together. I wonder if she could not bring
together a mother and a daughter how could she bring a nation together. I am
in contact with the US State Department and have written a letter to Assistant
Secretary of State Ms Robin Raphel. I am also planning to sue her (Ghinwa) in
a US court for my daughter's custody.
Q: Where did you meet Murtaza Bhutto?
Fowzia: In Kabul. We were living in the same neighbourhood. I didn't know
who he was. He introduced himself to me as an Indian journalist and told me
that he was on assignment to interview college students to write a book about
government changes in Afghanistan. I was in college then and he said he was
interested in interviewing me.
During her interview with the weekly, Fowzia was accompanied by her
sisters Farida who joined the conversation at this point, recalling that when
Murtaza first met the sisters, they, Fowzia and Farida, were walking their
dog. Murtaza came over and said 'What a beautiful dog!' 'I told Fowzia he
must be a foreigner because he spoke English.' Fowzia took over at this point.
Fowzia: In fact he told me that he had been following me for a year. He came
to propose when I told him that we were planning to leave the country to go
to Germany. He kind of panicked and that's when he said that he had lied to
me about his background. He said he was not what he told me he was and
that he was so and so. I didn't believe him so he brought some books and
newspapers clippings. But my father refused. Murtaza said to me, 'If your
father doesn't agree I will kidnap you.' Well, he didn't kidnap me but he
kidnapped my daughter. Then I talked to my mom and she convinced my
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