Lahore university expels students after video of them hugging on campus goes viral

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University in Pakistan’s Lahore has expelled two students for hugging and
proposing on campus after a video of the act went viral on social media. The
decision was taken in a meeting held on Friday by a special disciplinary panel
of the university. The concerned students were summoned by the committee but
failed to appear, reported PTI.

Calling the act a gross misconduct and and violation of university rules, the University of Lahore said in a statement, “Since the concerned students but failed to appear before the committee on being summoned.

Thus, in pursuance of Section 9 of the General Discipline and Code of Conduct on the Campus, the committee has decided to expel the two students for violating the varsity’s rules and regulations and serious infraction of the code of conduct. Furthermore, as per Section 16, they are debarred from entering the premises of University of Lahore and all its sub-campuses.”

The video of the proposal, which went viral on Twitter and topped the trend on last Thursday, features a girl proposing a boy on her knees with a bouquet of roses. The boy then takes the bouquet and pulls a girl and hug her. Other students in the video ares seen cheering for the couple.

However, the expulsion of he couple from the university drew mixed reaction from the netizens. While some compared the act to Amitabh Bacchan’s ‘Mohabattein’, in which he was against the college romance.

Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari called the university action ‘ridiculous’.

Former
Test Cricketer Wasim Akram’s wife Shaniera Akram on the other hand said also criticised the university’s action.

Shaniera said, “Apply all
the rules you want but you can’t expel love! It’s in our hearts, it’s the best
part about being young and it what makes life worth living! You learn more
about love than you can ever learn at an institution.”