Dawn's front page story tells us that Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has more assets in the United Arab Emirates than in Pakistan.

This gives us a little bit idea of how much faith our leaders or would-be leaders have in the local economy.

While the Bhuttos' massive investment in the UAE may be news for us, this one tweeter called it more than a year ago.

Anyway, for details of Bilawal's investment portfolio, click on this hyperlink. Be warned that you might end up hating your life after that.

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