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Recovering from bullet wounds, Pakistan's Imran Khan talks of new waves of protest

From his home in Lahore, Khan told NPR's Steve Inskeep why he's calling for early elections, as well as why he rejects his removal from power in April via a vote of no confidence.
Imran Khan in his residence in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday.

Imran Khan, the populist prime minister voted out of power in Pakistan this spring, says he is intensifying protests against his removal.

Khan and his followers have staged protests ever since Pakistan's parliament removed him in a vote of no confidence in April. Refusing to accept his defeat, he asked his followers to stage demonstrations while converging on the capital city, Islamabad. During one such protest on November 3, Khan was shot in the leg.

Khan spoke with NPR from his home in Lahore while recovering from his wounds. He said his rejection of his defeat

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