Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has decided not to take a salary from the government owing to the economic challenges being faced by the country.
“He took this decision to encourage prudent financial management in the country.
President House said that Asif Ali Zardari has decided not to burden the national treasury and preferred not to take a salary.
On March 10, Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), took oath as President of Pakistan for a second term at a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered oath to the newly-elected president.
On Saturday, he was elected the 14th president of the country, defeating Mahmood Khan Achakzai of the Sunni Ittehad Council.
He earlier served as the 11th president of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 and has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.
