'No other option': Pakistan looks to Nawaz Sharif to end economic woes

With days to go before Pakistan goes to the polls, the feverish buzz and boisterous rallies that usually mark the campaign season have been unusually muted. "There is a sense among many people that the outcome is already predetermined," said Samina Yasmeen, a fellow from the Australian Institute of International Affairs. The man widely expected to become the next prime minister after Thursday's elections has been a familiar face in Pakistani politics for almost four decades. Nawaz Sharif, the three-time former prime minister, is likely to be on the brink of a fourth term having been brought back from exile…