A female officer of the Airport Security Force (ASF) has been penalised after a video of her lip-syncing to a Bollywood track went viral.

The officer, stationed at the Sialkot airport, has lost two year's worth of increments and perks as a penalty for violating the ASF code of conduct that prohibits its employees from using social media.

People on Twitter believe the officer's punishment is too harsh:

Some say what their employees do in their private lives is none of ASF's business:

While some think the penalty is justified because the officer was wearing an ASF cap and was thus 'in uniform'...

Others think the code of conduct needs an update:

This man thinks ASF has bigger problems to address:

Others see a bias against women in this penalty:

Images has reached out to the ASF for further comment.