Re: Is Musharraf gaining popularity?
Bhai jaan, being in jail … sorry, while under house arrest … wrongly maligned by judiciary, media, political personalities, religious groups, civil society villains, Lawyers group, and many more in every respect … making him devil reincarnate using full media strength … stopping him from doing election campaign and party withdrawing from contesting election ‘2013’ in protest …. Musharraf party got a NA seat (NA32) and a provincial assembly seat (KPK 90) from Chitral. 
Note: Musharraf was contesting election from Chitral but was not allowed to contest election by corrupt and bias judges (declaring Musharraf ineligible from contesting election from anywhere). So, just to show that if Musharraf had contested election he would have won, standby candidates did contested election from Chitral and won the seats (both NA and PA).
Actually, even after withdrawing from election, Musharraf party (APML) votes and seats performance is better than many long established and known parties. So, let see what may happen if Musharraf’s Party (APML) would contest election at full strength and with commitment (most likely in next general election).