Imran khan is not smart. Musharraf tried to put him on map but khan refused due to war on terror. And the way khan handled the business in politics which backfired and eventually gave in to the system [unconditional demands that bankrolled top ranked figures] which eventually put him on map.being nurtured by the phauji's looks like the harami amritsari kanbaria a.k.a noon leak. it looks like zulfiqar bhutto who used to call a dictator daddy.
The phauji's tried to control him and coerce IK through electoral rigging in 2019( the khaja sialkoti calling bajwa for example) Then bajwa played the role of two face by being friendly and sabotaging IK's gov. Its all in the open now.
So IF the phajuis were to bring IK to power then IK wouldn't have spent 2 decades campaigning. The phaujis make you PM like the current duffer, nikka mian.
It was possible with the help of unnamed resources that can very well dethrone too.