LAHORE, Aug 2: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that provision of quality education to people is the basic responsibility of the government and measures are being taken in this regard.

Giving talent award and a certificate to a physically disabled girl for her outstanding performance in the matriculation examination here on Saturday, the chief minister said young generation was an asset and a strategy was being adopted to equip the youth with modern education.

Taking notice of news items about her performance, Sharif called Zahra Abbas, her parents, the education secretary and officials of the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education at Chief Minister’s Secretariat and honoured the student.

He said the government would bear all expenditure on Ms Abbas’ education, adding that the nation was proud of her because she proved her talent despite her physical disability.

The chief minister stressed upon Ms Abbas to continue her studies with the same spirit, and congratulated her parents on her success.

Ms Abbas, whose both hands and legs do not work, was a student of a private school and she obtained 700 marks in the science group in the matriculation examination. She writes with the help of her elbows.