This post is part of our Special Coverage Pakistan Votes 2013. Popular cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, whose hopeful campaign promise of a "New Pakistan" has drawn large crowds of young people and urban voters to his rallies ahead of the country's general elections, fractured three vertebrae and a rib after falling off a 15-feet high forklift just before a scheduled speech. 
Aliyekuwa mchezaji maarufu wa kriketi na kisha kuamua kuwa mwanasiasa Imran Khan, ambaye kampeni yake yenye tumaini kubwa la kupata “Pakistani Mpya” imeshavuta makundi makubwa ya vijana pamoja na wapiga kura wa mijini kwenye mikutano yake katika harakati za kuelekea kwenye uchaguzi mkuu , alivunjika vifupa vitatu vya uti wa mgongo pamoja na mbavu baada ya kuanguka kutoka kwenye winchi iliyokuwa katika kimo cha futi 15 mda mfupi kabla ya kuhutubia.