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Imran Khan leaves hospital after campaign fall

Pakistani cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan left hospital today after treatment for back injuries suffered in a fall in Lahore, television stations said.

Updated on: May 22, 2013 10:32 AM IST
Reuters | By , Islamabad
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Pakistani cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan left hospital on Wednesday after treatment for back injuries suffered in a fall in Lahore, television stations said.

Khan, who has been fitted with a spinal brace to aid recovery, fell from a fork-lift taking him to a poll campaign podium on May 7.

A general election four days later handed a landslide victory to Nawaz Sharif and his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

But Khan's campaign electrified many, pushing his Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) from a marginal party to the country's third-largest.

Khan walked out of hospital by a back exit, avoiding reporters, television said.

Khan has accused the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) of killing a senior PTI member on Saturday outside her home in the upscale Defence area of Karachi, capping a bloody election in which about 150 people were killed nationwide.

MQM leaders condemned the killing by unidentified gunman and demanded a retraction from Khan.

 
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