Here's a rough guide:
First of all, which route is this guy going to take - Freelancing, Blogging or Product selling? To choose, he must know what each of the aforementioned fields mean and what their pros and cons are.

if he chooses freelancing, tell him to start right away at Fiverr & start learning tools whatever his services are concerned with.

if he chooses blogging, ask him to join an English learning institute if his English is weak/non-existent (this is common for Pakistanis!) .... once English is taken care of, direct him to the likes of mybloggertricks.com, wpbeginner.com, etc.

if he chooses product building/selling, he must first know how to build a product (software), so he needs to learn PHP, C or Java, whichever programming language builds what he wants to sell. This is the hardest route and requires patience.

PS. Those who know what internet actually is capable of, have the duty of educating those who don't know.
PPS. Bloggers out there, what tips would you give such a newbie?

Got someone who wants to earn online? Confused how to guide him?

if he chooses freelancing, tell him to start right away at Fiverr & start learning tools whatever his services are concerned with.

if he chooses blogging, ask him to join an English learning institute if his English is weak/non-existent (this is common for Pakistanis!) .... once English is taken care of, direct him to the likes of mybloggertricks.com, wpbeginner.com, etc.

if he chooses product building/selling, he must first know how to build a product (software), so he needs to learn PHP, C or Java, whichever programming language builds what he wants to sell. This is the hardest route and requires patience.