Sad but true. The policy angle to this discourse has been mostly subjected to article 19 and 19(a) thereof with the caveat "subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law" and then "subject to regulation and reasonable restrictions imposed by law" constitutionally which is then of course taken for granted. Viewing this from above and far seems negative but viewing it from within the legal framework deems a valid stance for governance and legal social, religious, cultural, political and economic order.
Many have protested, many have been bashed, some are suing the government, some are facing repercussions of their actions. Another sad thing that I've witnessed with regards to developing policy in the developing world related to ICTs/IT/Internet is that policy remains dispassionate towards the needs of citizenry. The debates still seem to reach to no productive results in whether an economic angle pertaining to the efficient use of scarce resources is the way to go or its better to improve the quality of life of citizens beyond the traditional remit of economics. One thing is true, and I've recently witnessed it more intensely, that, government policy is focusing more on coercion than cooperative welfare. As your article also points out what hundreds have done over the years, the government has stopped listening. Policy formulation is no more a democratic and multistakeholder process, did these two words ever mean anything in the first place or are we yet to evolve out of the colonial mindset that was left behind in our legal and regulatory environment and governance practices? The source of transformation through ICTs and Internet are not only the citizenry but the true bearer is the government. It has failed to transform, so why the sad faces? -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Arzak Khan <azrak_k...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > My thoughts on how internet censorship in Pakistan is isolating the people > and deterring progress of the social order. > > http://telecologist.blogspot.com/2014/04/isolating-pakistanis-through-internet.html > > Cheers! > > Arzak > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of > list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
