FAISALABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf seems to be surprising the politicalanalysts of the country as it is defeating the top guns of power politicswith Abid Sher Ali of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz becoming the latestvictim.
Ali, who has been the minister in the recent cabinet and has been a keypolitical player of Faisalabad city lost to political neophyte FarrukhHabib who was contesting through the platform of Imran Khan-led party fromNA-108.
Habib, who lost to Abid in the 2013 elections, managed to bag staggering112, 740 votes while Abid Sher Ali secured 111,529 votes.
The unofficial results would be confirmed by the Election Commission ofPakistan in a day or so.
On a nationwide scale, PTI is leading on 114 seats leaving behind PMLNwhich is racing to victory on 64 seats.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the allegations ofrigging, with the Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza Khancontending that the practice was 100 percent transparent.