President Arif Alvi on Saturday clarified that he was given a VIP protocol from the airport to his residence in Karachi despite his request to not be given a "huge protocol".

After a video gone viral about the president being accompanied by over two dozen cars from Karachi airport, Alvi took to Twitter and said that he had only asked for two to four cars to accompany his.

"The long chain of official cars following me is despite the fact that I asked all officials present at the airport not to embarrass me with a huge protocol and that one or two cars in front and one or two cars behind may satisfy their security needs. Did not happen. We have to try harder," he tweeted.

The president's protocol also appeared to include more cars as in the video, the protocols given to Sindh Chief Minister and Governor were also captured.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Sindh Governor Imran Ismail had gone to the airport to receive President Alvi as he returned to the metropolis for the first time since taking office.

President Alvi arrived in the city on Friday night.

The president reportedly picked up his own luggage from the conveyor belt at the airport and also queued to board the airplane rather than opting for VIP facilities.