Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr
Pakistani performance artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr. (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی بھٹو, Sindhi: ذُوالفِقّارعلِي ڀُٽو; born 1 August 1990)[2][3] is a Pakistani Politician, visual artist, as well as a human rights activist. He is a member of the prominent political Bhutto family, and is the grandson of former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, and his namesake, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
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| Born | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 1 August 1990[1] Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Organization(s) | CEO and Founder of Bulhan Bachao. |
| Known for | Politician, Wildlife advocacy, Human Rights |
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| Relatives | See Bhutto family |
| Website | zulfikaralibhuttoart |
Early life and career
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Bhutto was born on 1 August 1990 into the Sindhi Bhutto family in Damascus, Syria. He is the son of Murtaza Bhutto, a politician who was assassinated when he was six years old, and Ghinwa Bhutto, who leads the Pakistan Peoples Party of Shaheed Bhutto.[4] He has a half-sister, Fatima Bhutto, from his father's first marriage. He is of Pakistani descent from his father and has Lebanese ancestry from his mother's side.[5][4] Bhutto was named after his grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister and President of Pakistan, and is the only male inherent of the Bhutto's family.[4] His grandmother, Nusrat Bhutto, is of Iranian-Kurdish descent. The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto is his paternal aunt, and her husband and former President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, is his uncle-by-marriage, while his father's brother, Shahnawaz Bhutto, is his uncle. The politician, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is his first cousin.[citation needed]
Bhutto received his Master of Fine Arts degree in 2016 from the San Francisco Art Institute.[6][5][7] He has two undergraduate degrees from the University of Edinburgh.[8]
Bhutto has worked on creative projects such as Mussalmaan Musclemen (2017), The Third Muslim: Queer and Trans Muslim Narratives of Resistance and Resilience (2018), The Alif Series (2019), and Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth (2019).[9][10][11] In 2015, he exhibited an artworks titled ‘The Shrine’, which dealt with the subject of marginalised minorities in Pakistan through photo manipulation, portraiture and conceptual art.[6] Artist and designer Hushidar Mortezaie has worked with Bhutto and designed some of his performance costumes.[2]
In July 2022, he withdrew his participation from the Goethe Institute Film Fest in solidarity with Palestine, as Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd was not invited.[12] Additionally, writer Mohammed Hanif withdrew from the Goethe Institute conference.[12]
Personal life
Bhutto currently lives in Karachi, Pakistan, and active in Politics, Raising voice for Indus River, Indus Blind Dolphin and the Rights of Sindh.
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