A student of a prestigious university in Pakistan has been expelled for sending "indecent phone messages" and "obscene pictures" to a female student after she refused his friendship proposal.
This is the first incident from Punjab University, the largest university of public sector in the province, that such an action has been taken on a complaint of a female student.
"Zarq Tanvir, a student of physical education department of the PU (Punjab University), has confessed to sending indecent phone messages to her class fellow. A disciplinary committee expelled him after listening to him and the female student," PU spokesman Khurram Shahzad said.
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He said the university has zero-tolerance over such acts.
"Tanvir's apology is not accepted by the administration as it wants to give a strong message to students not to indulge in immoral activities," Shahzad said.
Tanvir filed a petition in the Lahore High Court a couple of days ago requesting it to order the PU administration to take back his expulsion decision. The petitioner claimed the complainant and her family had pardoned him but the university was not ending his punishment.
He said his academic career would suffer irreparable loss if he was not allowed to resume the semester.
Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza dismissed the petition, observing that the students involved in "immoral activities" did not deserve any relief.
"The PU has rightly expelled the student in question as the students involved in immoral activities deserve no relief from any quarter," the judge said.
A source in the PU said Tanvir liked the girl student and wanted to develop friendship with her.
"When she refused to be his friend, he started teasing him by sending indecent messages. She filed an application with the PU administration when he crossed the limit and started sending obscene pictures and clips," the source added.
