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Well IK certainly standout among punjabis unlike Niazis i have seen. And yes IK identify as pashtun. Anyway pashtun nationalist actually don't like him, for them he is another punjabi. So i don't know how true is your theory of kpk voting for him based on looks...
They had pashtun nationalist ANP as option if they wanted.
Many people in punjab also voted for imran khan (not for PTI) , he has personality cult throughout the country due to his fame during his cricketing years, I know it since I grew as a child in 80s and and adult in 90s , I have never seen a stardom bigger than that of imran khan since my childhood, in my childhood in 80s and early 90s imran khan's name and fame was everywhere so he has that deep personality cult among people less than 50 years old in pakistan.
In KPK it just got exemplified due to addtional pashtun connection. Moreover people were really angry with the performance of ANP in kpk , they wanted to vote it out and they found Imran khan the most appropriate among the available choices due to his pashtun ancestry connection. In punjab people were satisfied with the performance of Shahbaz sharif government so they voted PMLN in much much higher numbers than those who voted for imran khan in punjab.