Imran Khan Vows No Fear for Pakistan Vote as Violence Builds
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Watched over by armed elite police, Imran Khan told thousands of flag-waving supporters in the town of Okara in Pakistan that together they would end the rule of parties that had pushed the nation to the brink of ruin.
Khan, a cricket idol who spent more than 15 years as a political nobody before gaining appeal among young Pakistanis fed up with slow growth and violence, finished his speech and clambered down from the top of the converted truck he uses as a campaign vehicle. Opinion polls ahead of the May 11 parliament election that put his party behind rivals underestimate his support, he said in an interview.