ISLAMABAD: Bed-ridden Pakistani politician Imran Khan yesterday urged the nation to unite for change. The 60-year-old has been ordered by doctors to remain immobile in a hospital bed with fractured vertebrae and a broken rib after falling on Tuesday at a rally in Lahore ahead of tomorrow’s general elections. He addressed by video link the final rally for his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party here.
“God has given you this golden opportunity. Don’t let it go. You should give change a chance,” he said, looking pale and his voice weaker than usual. “God will not take me from this world until a new Pakistan is built,” he said. “There should be change in Pakistan and there was no other way to bring change in Pakistan but politics,” he said.
Tomorrow’s vote campaign has been marred by Taliban threats. Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has personally ordered suicide bombings on polling day, one of his commanders said. Pakistan has said it will deploy more than 600,000 security personnel on polling day.
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