Imran Khan's Elections
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan won
the majority of seats in by-elections on
Sunday, building momentum in his campaign to pressure the six-month-old
government into calling an early national vote in Pakistan.
Khan contested seven of eight seats and has won six, according to data from the Election Commission of Pakistan. The Pakistan People’s Party a member of the ruling coalition, took the other two seats. That's a great news.
While the former leader
will have to resign from all but one of the seats he won -- and elections will
happen again -- the sweeping victory shows popular support for his political
narrative in the nation of more than 220 million. The former cricket star, who
was ousted from power through a no-confidence vote in April, has been holding
massive rallies across Pakistan to push for early "elections".
“I ask the government and the establishment to respect the will of the masses and immediately announce fresh elections in the country,” Fawad Chaudhry, a senior leader of PTI party, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf, said in a tweet. “We are ready to discuss the election framework with the government.”