"With the timetable set for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, Afghanistan is more likely than not going to turn more radical including the possibility of the Talibans regaining power.
"The US will likely help the Pakistani armed forces keep the Pakistani Islamic radicals in check. The Army is no friend of the Zardaris. They have a more pliant puppet in the form of Imran Khan.
"All this make it quite likely that Bilawal and Hina might prefer the life of private citizens in familiar surroundings in Europe and America which is probably where they feel more at home than the Islamized Pakistani society.
"As a young man in his early 20s, Bilawal might prefer to spend time with his lady love, someone he is really smitten with, rather than the heat and dust of Pakistani politics.
"After all, he only has to look at the great example of Imran Khan who spent his youth as a confirmed alcohol-drinking, bar-hopping playboy in London only to turn into a pious Muslim late in life.
"Bilawal might argue to himself that there's time yet for him to become a devout Muslim – no need to sacrifice all the good things in life from such an early age.
"Hina Rabbani Khar is not a sub-continental version of Diana since she has already accomplished a great deal in her own life and she's not a shy 21-year-old girl.
