Yes, most likely that could be the case.
But compare the situation pre and post April 2022. After the establishment has been stripped bone naked, do you think they can do anything and everything with no blowback? They will think twice.
The equilibrium in the relationship between establishment and other organs of the state needs to be found, and this is the process to do just that.
IK or no IK, the bigger picture is, for the first time in Pakistan’s history, establishment stands naked and there is a slight opening.