Leading columnist Tariq Rahman also highlights power shortages and the economy as challenges for the new government in his Express Tribune article, but adds that it will have to take an inclusive approach in dealing with them.

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"They appear to have asserted themselves in a strategy that will give them a greater bargaining strength in their home state where power has centered around specific castes, " said columnist Jaspal Singh Sidhu.

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