President spokesman Farhatullah Babar reveled that Asif Ali Zardari’s donation of US one million to the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti at Ajmer will be paid from public exchequer.

Zardari announced the donation, which the shrine’s administrators have described as one of the biggest in recent years, when he offered prayers at the dargah on April 8.

The President visited the shrine in Rajasthan after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a day-long private visit to India.

Presidential spokesman Babar told the media that the donation for the shrine in Ajmer will be paid from public money.

A cheque for USD 50,000 handed over by Zardari to the administrators of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar’s mausoleum in Yangon too was paid from the exchequer, Babar said.

It could not immediately be ascertained when the donation would be handed over to the administrators of the shrine in Ajmer, which has been visited by several Pakistani leaders, including former premier Benazir Bhutto.

President Zardari landed in ajmer in a private chopper in April Accompanying his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari after a lunch with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The visit was termed as a day-long private visit but the donation money will be paid from the taxes of Pakistani nation. Agencies