LAHORE: Students who were expelled by the University of Lahore after their proposal video went viral, have tied the knot on Monday.
The couple received major backlash after a video of the girl, Hadiqa Javaid, proposing to her boyfriend, Shehryar Rana, went viral. The two of them were expelled and prohibited to enter university premises. The couple ties the knot and announced the development on social media.
https://twitter.com/HadiqaZJavaid_/status/1371505849605193730
https://twitter.com/ShehryarAhmed__/status/1371507129274744835
It all ended on a happy note, as news of the couple tying the knot started making rounds. A Twitter user, sharing the happy news, wrote: Along with the caption, he also shared a picture from the Jang newspaper. Let’s take a look:
لاھور یونیورسٹی میں پبلک کے سامنے ایک دوسرے سے منگنی کرنے والے جوڑے نے شادی کر لی
ہمارا مطالبہ؛ یونیورسٹی ان دونوں کو واپس داخلہ دے
ان رجعتی عناصر کے لئے شرم کا مقام جو اس جوڑے کے اس قدم کو فحاشی قرار دے رھے تھے۔
(روزنامہ جنگ لاھور ) pic.twitter.com/V4C9gnU8tx— Farooq Tariq (@FarooqTariq3) March 15, 2021
Several videos were uploaded online of the incident. Social media users suggested that the only cause they were criticized was because the proposal went viral online. Others thought there are a lot of other issues for society to be concerned with, such as harassment and vulgarity.
Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry has defended two former students of the University of Lahore’s (UoL) who were expelled by the varsity’s administration for proposing to each other at campus premises.
Reacting to the University of Lahore students’ video, Chaudhry defended the couple and asked the varsity to reconsider its decision to expel them. “Every girl has the right to marry of her own will. Marriage by choice is one of the central rights Islam gives to women,” the minister tweeted.
مرضی سے شادی ہر لڑکی کا بنیادی حق ہے، اسلام عورتوں کو جو حقوق دیتا ہے مرضی کی شادی ان حقوق میں مرکزی حیثئیت رکھتی ہے یونیورسٹی انتظامیہ اپنے فیصلے پر نظرثانی کرے، لڑکیوں کو پراپرٹی سمجھنا اسلام کے خلاف ہے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 15, 2021
The students were expelled from the University of Lahore on 12 Feb for hugging on campus. According to a statement issued by the registrar of the varsity, a special disciplinary committee meeting was held on March 12 at 10:30 am and the two students were called in but failed to appear.
The committee then decided to expel the two students and ban them from entering any of the university’s campuses. The university says they violated Section 9 of its General Discipline Rules and Code of Conduct. These rules are not published online.
Social activist and wife of former cricketer Wasim Akram, Shaniera Akram and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill have raised their voice against the university’s decision to expel the students after a video of them proposing each other went viral.
On a social media website Twitter, Shaniera Akram said, “We just celebrated International Women’s Day, and here we are with a top university expelling a young woman for having the confidence and empowerment to ask a man to marry her amongst the security of her peers.”
We just celebrated International women’s day and here we are with a top University expelling a young woman for having the confidence and empowerment to ask a man to marry her amongst the security of her peers. What kind of example are we setting here ? #CantExpelLove
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) March 13, 2021
