Zardari, 68, who took oath as Pakistan s 14th President on Sunday, decided to encourage prudent financial management and not burden the national exchequer, his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said in a statement on X. "The President considered it essential not to burden the national exchequer and preferred to forgo his salary," President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release on Tuesday.
Naveed Ashraf was commissioned in the Operations Branch of the Pakistan Navy in 1989. He is a graduate of the National Defence University Islamabad, the US Naval War College and the UK s Royal College of Defence Studies. The vice admiral has vast experience working in key command and staff positions and is currently serving as the Chief of Staff at the Naval Headquarters.