Pakistan university’s students told to apologise for playing Holi

TIL Desk/World/New Delhi/ Students of Pakistan’s Sindh University who celebrated Holi on March 8 were told to submit apologies in affidavits for celebrating the Hindu festival on campus. The chair of the university’s mass communication department, Badar Soomro, was the one who asked for the apology. And perturbed university administration officials are now inquiring into whether what happened was a disciplinary issue or a discriminatory one.

If religious discrimination is established, action will be taken against the concerned official, the university’s vice chancellor (VC) Fateh Muhammad Burfat said. He added that of 10 students who had to apologize, four are Hindu and six are Muslim.

“Sindh University has the highest number of Hindu community staff and students compared to any other university. They all work and study together with Muslims with utmost harmony,” he said.

The incident came to light when one of the students’ affidavits became public. Student Raja Deepak’s affidavit “spread like wildfire on social media”, wrote the Tribune.