London (Agencies): Jemima Goldsmith on Thursday congratulated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on PTI’s victory in the general election 2018.
In a congratulatory tweet, the former wife of the PTI chief said that after 22 years of humiliations, hurdles and sacrifices, her "sons' father is Pakistan's next PM".
22 years later, after humiliations, hurdles and sacrifices, my sons’ father is Pakistan’s next PM. It’s an incredible lesson in tenacity, belief & refusal to accept defeat. The challenge now is to remember why he entered politics in the 1st place. Congratulations @ImranKhanPTI
— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) July 26, 2018
It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is leading on NA seats as results of different constituencies continue to pour in.
According to sources, results so far received by Result Transmission System of the Election Commission indicate that PTI is leading in 114 constituencies of the National Assembly.
General elections were held across the country on July 25.
Over 12,570 candidates were in the run for seats of National and four provincial assemblies.
Against the National Assembly's seats, about 3,675 candidates were in the electoral race whereas about 8,895 for the provincial legislatures of all four provinces.
According to the data shared by the ECP, 1,696 candidates are vying for the National Assembly's constituencies from Punjab and 4,242 for the provincial legislature.
From Sindh, 872 were contesting for the National Assembly seats and 2,382 for the provincial assembly.
Total contesting candidates for the National Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are 760 and 1,264 for the provincial assembly.
For Baluchistan’s National Assembly seats, there were a total of 303 candidates and 1,007 for its provincial assembly seats.
In Islamabad, 76 candidates were in the race for three seats of National Assembly.
According to the electoral rolls, 105.96 million voters were eligible to cast the vote.
