Just one day after taking the oath of office as the nation’s fourteenth president, President Asif Ali Zardari was given a guard of honour on Monday by well-tuned military contingents. Zardari, who arrived at the event in the customary horse-drawn buggy, examined the guard of honour and shook hands with the President House’s officers and staff at the ceremony held at Islamabad’s Aiwan-e-Sadr. It is important to note that it is customary for a freshly elected president to receive a guard of honour at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, as does an outgoing president like Arif Alvi. The event occurs one day after Zardari was sworn in as the country‘s head of state by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.