The PTI workers, supporters, and voters poured onto the streets to celebrate the huge triumph. Journalists who had actively supported PTI and its struggle against PML-N's forceful takeover are congratulating PTI and giving advice to PML-N on what to do next.
Dowries are a centuries-old tradition in South Asia where the Pakistani bride's parents give cash, jewelry, or clothes to the groom's family as part of the marriage. There are laws that limit dowries in the deeply religious, conservative country of some 220 million.
Twenty seats were up for grabs in the Punjab by-election, which was seen as a popularity test for the former international cricket star dismissed by a no-confidence vote in April.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan, during his premiership, conveyed messages to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja for holding a secret meeting, The News reported citing a source close to the latter.