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| Imran Khan leaves Pakistan hospital two weeks after forklift fall | Imran Khan leaves Pakistan hospital two weeks after forklift fall |
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| The Pakistani cricket-star-turned-politician Imran Khan has left hospital more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman has said. | The Pakistani cricket-star-turned-politician Imran Khan has left hospital more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman has said. |
| Khan will remain at his home in the eastern city of Lahore for a while so doctors can monitor his progress, said the spokesman for the cricketer's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Naeemul Haq. | Khan will remain at his home in the eastern city of Lahore for a while so doctors can monitor his progress, said the spokesman for the cricketer's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Naeemul Haq. |
| "Thank God, Imran can walk," said Haq. "He is now at his home after being discharged from the hospital." | "Thank God, Imran can walk," said Haq. "He is now at his home after being discharged from the hospital." |
| Khan fractured three vertebrae and a rib when he fell 4.5 metres (15ft) off a forklift that was raising him to a stage at a campaign event in Lahore on 7 May. | Khan fractured three vertebrae and a rib when he fell 4.5 metres (15ft) off a forklift that was raising him to a stage at a campaign event in Lahore on 7 May. |
| The accident, which was broadcast on TV, largely knocked Khan out of the final days of campaigning before national elections, held on 11 May. But he later delivered video messages to his supporters from his hospital bed. | The accident, which was broadcast on TV, largely knocked Khan out of the final days of campaigning before national elections, held on 11 May. But he later delivered video messages to his supporters from his hospital bed. |
| Khan, who is revered in Pakistan for leading the national team that won the 1992 cricket World Cup, led an election campaign that energised the country's youth. He criticised traditional politicians as corrupt and declared it was time for change in Pakistan. | Khan, who is revered in Pakistan for leading the national team that won the 1992 cricket World Cup, led an election campaign that energised the country's youth. He criticised traditional politicians as corrupt and declared it was time for change in Pakistan. |
| The Pakistan Muslim League-N party, led by the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was able to weather the challenge by Khan in the election. Sharif's party scored a resounding victory, winning close to a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats, and is expected to form the next government. | The Pakistan Muslim League-N party, led by the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was able to weather the challenge by Khan in the election. Sharif's party scored a resounding victory, winning close to a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats, and is expected to form the next government. |
| Khan's party fell short of its prediction that it would sweep the election, but still did very well, compared with its past performance. It won at least 28 national assembly seats, compared with only one seat in the 2002 election. | Khan's party fell short of its prediction that it would sweep the election, but still did very well, compared with its past performance. It won at least 28 national assembly seats, compared with only one seat in the 2002 election. |
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