Karachi elite dominates finance, media and intellectual discourse. They are subtle. Lahori elite dominates military/civil bureaucracy, judiciary. They are pompous. Islamabadi elite dominates development/policy consulting, diplomatic ceremonies, and social media. Notional elite.
Outside of Twitter world, there is a whole nexus of people who absolutely don’t care whether Imran Khan lives or dies, because they are too busy trying to fend for themselves in an economy that is only worsening and a social fabric that’s only deteriorating.