Majority of his supporters are peaceful family men and women.. educated and refined.
Government knows this and that's why it uses brutal force. A mukti bahini type would have lynched the uniformed goons to death by now. A recent example of mukti bahini type are supporters of tehreek e labbaik. Police thinks several times before a crack down on them. PMLN and PPP have armed wings that can wreck havoc anytime in the whole country, and it doesn't matter if these parties enjoy common folks' support. A group of 1000 goons in Lahore can bring the whole province to stand still under the cover of a political party. Khan's 1,000,000 peaceful family members can't do what a group of 1000 can do to the country. Similar support is available to mulla fazl, mqm, anp etc. This time, the political goons have full support of all kind of uniformed goons, judiciary, bureaucracy, ECP, PEMRA, PCB and the whole caretaker setup.
So don't expect too much from people who come with their wives and children to listen to IK.