
This is before the re-election of PK 68, results of the original By-elections. As you can see, Ehtesham only acquired 277 votes while Javed Akbar Khan won it by 41349 votes..Now that he is in PTI and given PTI's recent really positive impression thanks to the Azaadi March he beat a very tough opponent backed by multiple parties! This shows that PTI is in its rise in popularity in KPK :)
Source=ECP