Pakistan, June 30 -- During the times of novel coronavirus, access to the internet is imperative, not only through the lens of a philosophical perspective but as an essential human right. Internet is indispensable for education, employment, health care services and communication between people, etc. It has become the vehicle through which the fundamental rights and principles of policy, as enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan, legislation and international law, are enabled. It has, in itself, become inseparable from the human rights to the extent that it has materialised as a crucial human right.

The UN, to which Pakistan is a member state, declared access to the internet a human right. It further recommended that every country shou...