ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: In view of the prevailing economic challenges, President Asif Ali Zardari has decided that he will not draw his presidential salary.
The president took this decision to encourage prudent financial management in the country.
The president considered it essential not to burden the national exchequer and preferred to forgo his salary.
صدر مملکت آصف علی زرداری کا اپنی تنخواہ نہ لینے کا فیصلہ
صدرمملکت نے فیصلہ درپیش معاشی چیلنجز کے پیش ِنظر کیا
صدر آصف زرداری کے فیصلے کا مقصد ملک میں دانشمندانہ مالیاتی انتظام کی حوصلہ افزائی کرناہے
صدرمملکت نے قومی خزانے پر بوجھ نہ ڈالنے کافیصلہ کیا،تنخواہ نہ لینے کو ترجیح دی
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) March 12, 2024
Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari has congratulated the entire Pakistani nation and Muslims around the world on the advent of of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
In his message, he said that Ramadan provides us with a golden opportunity to become an ideal Muslim by devoting ourselves to the obedience and servitude of the Allah Almighty.
Asif Ali Zardari appealed the international community and the Muslim Ummah to help the oppressed Palestinians as well and called for immediate ceasefire in Gaza.