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A Student of Government High School, Okara District bagged second position in matriculation and received a prize of Rs 3 million from Punjab chief minister LAHORE:THE Government High School, Nehranwala, Okara District is a typical village school beset with numerous problems but it made headlines recently when one of its students bagged the second position in matriculation examination and received a prize of Rs 3 million from Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif. Muhammad Naveed Asif clinched the second position in Humanities Group of matriculation examination of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore by scoring 919 marks. He might have topped the Science Group provided science subjects were taught in his school which could not be offered there owing to shortage of science teachers. The school is located around 25 kilometres from main city of Okara while its distance from Naveed's residence is around seven kilometres. At least 18 students from this school ap...