Summary A smartly turned out contingent of armed forces presented salute to him.
(Web Desk) - Guard of honour was presented to Pakistan's new President Mamnoon Hussain at the presidency in Islamabad today (Tuesday).
A smartly turned out contingent of armed forces presented salute to him.
Later‚ the president met with the staff of Aiwan-e-Sadr.
A respected businessman from the financial capital of Karachi but with no political powerbase of his own, Hussain is Pakistan's 12th president and a ceremonial head of state.
He was sworn in by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in a short ceremony yesterday.
Mamnoon Hussain is a former president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and was briefly governor of the southern province Sindh until Sharif's second administration was deposed by the military.
