Former cricket star Imran Khan has been injured after falling 15
feet off a stage at a political rally in Pakistan. Khan fell at least 5 meters - 15 feet - off what appeared to be a makeshift elevator raising him up to the stage. Local TV footage showed supporters carrying Khan away from the rally. His face was bloody and he appeared unconscious.
Khan, now one of Pakistan's most prominent politicians, was rushed to hospital after the incident today in Gulberg, near Ghalib market, in the eastern city of Lahore.
At 3.46pm, his ex-wife Jemima Khan tweeted: 'He's in hospital & conscious now'.
It is understood Khan fell after a sudden imbalance of the wood planks on the lifter due to an increase in weight as his security personnel accompanied him towards the stage.
One of the leaders of Khan's party, Ijaz Chaudhry, says the politician's injuries were not life-threatening.
PTI member Imran Ismail added: 'He has been taken to Shaukat Khanum hospital. He has lost [quite] a lot of blood and since, there was no ambulance we have taken him in our private cars.
Khan was due to address nine rallies in total today.
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