<p>Fatima Bhutto, author, activist and the granddaughter of Pakistan’s late prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, set a new precedent by visiting a Hindu temple here after her marriage, stirring the social media with some users praising the gesture while others wondering what was she doing there.</p>.<p>The intimate nikkah ceremony of Fatima, 40, niece of slain premier Benazir Bhutto and daughter of Murtaza Bhutto, took place at her grandfather’s library here on Friday.</p>.<p>Fatima and her husband, Graham Gibran stirred social media when they visited the ancient Mahadev Temple in Karachi on Sunday as a homage to Hindu Sindhis laying the roots of Karachi in ancient times.</p>.<p>According to media reports, Fatima’s husband Grahamis an American citizen. Accompanied by her brother Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto junior and Hindu leaders at the temple, Fatima and her husband, a Christian, poured milk over the deity as per rituals.</p>.<p>The gesture received a mixed response after their picture hit social media. "Lovely to watch such images," a user with Twitter account handle 'Sindhi-Ajrak' commented on the picture.</p>.<p>"Lovely," another user wrote. But many wondered what she was doing in a Hindu temple.</p>.<p>"What is the essence of this rasam (ritual)," a Twitter user named Kulsoom Mughal asked.</p>.<p>"So in Sindh secularism is to follow Hinduism," another user said.</p>.<p>Her brother in a tweet said that due to the difficult circumstances felt by our fellow countrymen and women, we all felt it would be inappropriate to celebrate lavishly.</p>.<p>“Please keep Fatima and Graham (Gibran) in your prayers,” he stated.</p>.<p>The Bhutto family has remained a formidable force in Pakistan politics but has also been hit by tragedies.</p>.<p>Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged by the late military dictator Zia ul Haq in April 1979 after a military coup. His eldest daughter, Benazir Bhutto who also served as premier, was assassinated in Rawalpindi in December 2007.</p>.<p>Her brother Murtaza Bhutto was also killed along with six other party activists in September 1996 near the Bhutto’s residence in Clifton by the police at a time when his sister was the prime minister.</p>.<p>Her younger brother Shahnawaz Bhutto was found dead in his apartment in France in 1985.</p>
<p>Fatima Bhutto, author, activist and the granddaughter of Pakistan’s late prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, set a new precedent by visiting a Hindu temple here after her marriage, stirring the social media with some users praising the gesture while others wondering what was she doing there.</p>.<p>The intimate nikkah ceremony of Fatima, 40, niece of slain premier Benazir Bhutto and daughter of Murtaza Bhutto, took place at her grandfather’s library here on Friday.</p>.<p>Fatima and her husband, Graham Gibran stirred social media when they visited the ancient Mahadev Temple in Karachi on Sunday as a homage to Hindu Sindhis laying the roots of Karachi in ancient times.</p>.<p>According to media reports, Fatima’s husband Grahamis an American citizen. Accompanied by her brother Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto junior and Hindu leaders at the temple, Fatima and her husband, a Christian, poured milk over the deity as per rituals.</p>.<p>The gesture received a mixed response after their picture hit social media. "Lovely to watch such images," a user with Twitter account handle 'Sindhi-Ajrak' commented on the picture.</p>.<p>"Lovely," another user wrote. But many wondered what she was doing in a Hindu temple.</p>.<p>"What is the essence of this rasam (ritual)," a Twitter user named Kulsoom Mughal asked.</p>.<p>"So in Sindh secularism is to follow Hinduism," another user said.</p>.<p>Her brother in a tweet said that due to the difficult circumstances felt by our fellow countrymen and women, we all felt it would be inappropriate to celebrate lavishly.</p>.<p>“Please keep Fatima and Graham (Gibran) in your prayers,” he stated.</p>.<p>The Bhutto family has remained a formidable force in Pakistan politics but has also been hit by tragedies.</p>.<p>Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged by the late military dictator Zia ul Haq in April 1979 after a military coup. His eldest daughter, Benazir Bhutto who also served as premier, was assassinated in Rawalpindi in December 2007.</p>.<p>Her brother Murtaza Bhutto was also killed along with six other party activists in September 1996 near the Bhutto’s residence in Clifton by the police at a time when his sister was the prime minister.</p>.<p>Her younger brother Shahnawaz Bhutto was found dead in his apartment in France in 1985.</p>