PESHAWAR – A hotel waiter bagging a seat in the National Assembly on PTIticket from Bajaur by ousting a political heavy weight is the change in thepolitics of Pakistan.

Gul Zafar is among one of the working class Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)members from an area, which was part of the former federally administeredtribal area (FATA).

He won from NA-41 Bajaur by defeating former Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)candidate Akhunzada Chatan, as well as, independent candidate ShahabuddinKhan.

Zafar, who has worked his way up by starting from waiting tables, alsocontested the polls back in 2013 but was defeated.

The PTI has won six out of the 12 seats from the tribal area with two eachfrom Bajaur and Khyber along with one from Mohmand and one from Kuram inthe 2018 elections.

When Zafar was asked how he was able to win the seat against steep odds, hesaid, “I come from a very humble background but with the party’s help I wasable to raise the necessary funds to run in the constituency.

“We’ve raised twenty million rupees from donations from which weconstructed party offices and secretariat.”