Author: Fazal M Yousafzai

In every nation’s political life, there comes a dangerous moment when exhaustion begins to masquerade as wisdom, and despair dresses itself as brutal honesty. These moments do not usually arise from battlefields, negotiating tables, or policy rooms. Instead, they emerge from opinion columns, viral threads, and declarative essays written at a safe distance from consequence declaring history finished, struggle futile, and nations “over.” Pakistan is currently confronting such a moment. The recent article proclaiming “It Is Over” is not merely an expression of frustration. It is part of a wider phenomenon increasingly visible across the globe: digital tribalism and narrative…