A PhD student's Twitter account was reportedly deactivated after she refused to receive her degree from Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill.

Gill was the chief guest for the second day of Lahore College for Women University's 16th convocation where Fauzia Imran was to receive her degree.

She tweeted on Wednesday that Gill didn't deserve to attend the occassion but the tweet was later deleted.

“I have decided not to receive my PhD degree on stage as a protest against the chief guest, Shahbaz Gill. He does not deserve to be a chief guest of the convocation of prestigious universities like LCWU,” she tweeted.

According to a Dawn report, the woman didn't collect her degree before convocation and the security and faculty staff officials were directed to stop her from entering the university.

Reacting to the incident, Gill tweeted an allegation saying the student was a relative of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khwaja Saad Rafique.

“The woman did not come from home to receive the degree and she is the relative of PML-N leader Khwaja Saad Rafique. One news channel again proved to be a media cell of the PML-N and first made the news and later aired it. Tell the public the complete truth that the woman belonged to their party and it’s regrettable to use students for cheap politics," read Gill's tweet.

Imran meanwhile created a new Twitter account wherein she posted she had no politcal affiliations with any party and her previous account had been compromised.

"This is Dr. Fauzia Imran. It has been brought to my knowledge that recently some political remarks were made from my account on various social media platforms. I would like to state that my accounts were hacked. I have no affiliations with any political party whatsoever," read the tweet.

Aaj Digital can't independently verify the authenticity of the new account.