Injured Pakistani politician Imran Khan still holds followers in thrall
For The Globe and Mail:
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s charismatic populist candidate for prime minister, tumbled 4.5 metres from a platform at an election rally this week, three days before the country’s historic elections. But his ambitious campaign may still see his party through the polls on Saturday. Unable now to glimpse Mr. Khan on stage – his injuries are said to be not serious, but they have kept him off the campaign trail – thousands of well-wishers instead await him outside a hospital in Lahore.
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