ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has reactedover the unexpected defeat of PTI candidate Ali Khan Tareen in the Lodhranby polls.
Imran Khan took to twitter to express his feeling and left a message forhis PTI supporters.
He said ‘every setback is an opportunity to analyse mistakes.’
In a major upset for PTI before the general elections, Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) won the by-polls for the constituency of NA-154Lodhran, according to unofficial results from all 338 polling stations.
“For all Insafians who are feeling dejected after NA154 result, everysetback is an opportunity to analyse one’s mistakes, correct them and comeback stronger. Successful people, institutions & nations learn from theirfailures,” tweeted Imran.
“Those who get demoralised can never achieve their potential. In my decadesof political struggle for Insaf I have never been demoralised but have comeback stronger after confronting adversities. The 2018 election is oursInshaAllah.”
PML-N’s Iqbal Shah managed to attain 113,542 votes, while his competitor,PTI’s Ali Tareen, contesting his first election on his father’s seat,attained 85,933 votes. PML-N won by a margin of 27,609 votes according toprovisional results.