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Three major challenges loom over Pakistan as three-time former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Main Muhammad Nawaz Sharif ended his four-year self-exile and triumphantly returned to Pakistan on October 21. First is the challenge of how to transform Pakistan into an economically viable state with a vibrant private economic sector. Second is tackling political challenges the country has been facing for decades and ensuring that if elected for a fourth time, the military will give him a free governing hand. And finally, the resolution of the Kashmir conflict which, while addressing the mammoth public rally in...