A top Pakistani university has 2 two students expelled for hugging and proposing on campus as per a PTI report. This happened after a video went viral on the internet. A special disciplinary committee of the University of Lahore had a meeting on March 12 and summoned them both but they failed to appear.?
It then opted to expel the boy and the girl and banned them from being on the campus. The University of Lahore said they were involved in gross misconduct and violation of university rules.
The video of the proposal took Twitter by storm, it was one of the top trends on social media last Thursday when the incident took place. The viral footage shows the girl with her right knee bent on the ground, holding a bouquet of roses, proposing to the boy, who then takes the flowers and pulls the girl for a hug. Nearby students are seen cheering them along.?
As the footage went viral, the university took notice of it. The expulsion of the couple drew mixed reactions on the internet. A social media user posted a picture of Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan from the movie "Mohabbatein" where he played a college principal who was against romance in college.?
?"Presenting to you, the Principal of the University of Lahore," read the caption with a photograph of Bachchan. Slain prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto's daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari termed the university action ridiculous.?
Former Test Cricketer Wasim Akram's wife Shaniera Akram said in a tweet: 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.??