Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan’s Peoples Party (PPP), vacated the presidency on Sunday and will be replaced the following day by Mamnoon Hussain, a businessman and close ally of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Goodbye, Mr president: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari inspects the guard of honour during his farewell ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad. Zardari became the first elected president of the country completing his full term. Pic/AFP