Murtaza Bhutto

Farida: Murtaza had a mistress in Syria while he was married to Ghinwa.
Q: How did you two separate?
Fowzia: When Shahnawaz died mysteriously in France, I was basically the
only one to take care of Sassi. My family was under the immigration process
and could not leave and Rehana was under a lot of investigation. So I was the
only one to feed Sassi and that's where the problems started. Murtaza said
she cannot be here but how could I leave her. Because of problems with
Rehana, I would spend nights with her and Sassi at their apartment and
during the day I would spend my time with Fati and Murtaza. One day,
Murtaza asked me to prepare Fati for a party. I couldn't go because of
Rehana. Murtaza asked me not to worry because they would spend the night
at the party place. He said they would see me next morning at 11 am. That
was it. To cut the story short, after I found out the reality, I hired a lawyer
and held a Press conference. At the Press conference, I called Murtaza a
kidnapper. After he heard about the Press conference, Murtaza called me
from Damascus and told me that I would never see Fati again because I had
called him a kidnapper. He was always a threatening and blackmailing type.
He did let me talk to Fati once or twice over the phone but that was it.
Q: Did Murtaza contact you after the separation?
Fowzia: Yes. He called me and asked me to sign the custody papers for
Fatima and asked me to give her up. I said, 'Never!' I wanted to go to court to
solve all the problems like divorce and the custody. But he was in Damascus
being taken care of by Hafiz Al-Asad and I was in southern France. I could
not go there so we never reached a conclusion. I was never formally divorced.
Q: Were you with Murtaza when the infamous hijacking of a PIA plane took
place?
Fowzia: In fact, the plane was parked where our house was behind the hill. A
lot of people used to come on the hill to watch the longest hijacking in the
history of the world. There were lots of things but my main concern is not to
hurt my daughter. I am very hurt. We had a wonderful relationship. It was a
love marriage.
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