Tengku Ampuan Pahang heads list of 24 recipients of state honours in conjunction with Sultan's birthday

KUANTAN: Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Iskandar (pic) leads the list of 24 recipients of state honours in conjunction with the 65th birthday of the Sultan of Pahang.

Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah conferred the Sri Setia Al-Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah (SAAS) to Tunku Azizah and eight other recipients at an investiture ceremony held in Balai Mahkota, Istana Abdulaziz on Tuesday (Jul 30).

Also receiving the newly-introduced SAAS honour, which carries the title "Datuk Seri Setia", were Tengku Mahkota Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah, Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayatuddin Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah, Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan Al-Sultan Abdullah and Tengku Arif Temenggung Tengku Fahad Mua'adzam Shah Al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah.

The other recipients were Tengku Puteri Seri Teja Puan Sri Tengku Muhaini Al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah, Tengku Puteri Seri Kemala Tengku Datuk Seri Aishah Al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah, Tengku Puteri Seri Lela Manja Tengku Datuk Seri Nong Fatimah Al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah and Tengku Puteri Seri Bongsu Tengku Datuk Seri Shahariah Al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Shah.

During the same event, Al-Sultan Abdullah conferred the Darjah Kerabat Sri Indera Mahkota Pahang Yang Amat Di Hormati to Prince Ali Al Hussein of Jordan.

Additionally, His Royal Highness awarded the Sri Diraja Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (SDSA), which carries the title "Datuk Seri Diraja", to Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.

The Sultan also awarded the Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (SSAP), which carries the title "Datuk Seri", to state legal advisor Datuk Saiful Edris Zainuddin, Prime Minister's Department Public-Private Partnership Unit director-general Datuk Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar and Royal Malaysian Air Force Deputy Chief Lt-Jen Datuk Indera Muhamad Norazlan Aris.

Other recipients of the same honour were Felcra Bhd chairman Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub, National Heart Institute (IJN) cardiothoracic and vascular surgery department head Prof Datuk Dr Alwi Mohamed Yunus, IJN cardiothoracic and vascular surgery senior consultant Prof Datuk Dr Mohamed Ezani Md Taib and the Ancom Nylex Bhd consultant Datuk Ahmad Johari Abdul Razak.

The two recipients of the Sri Indera Mahkota Pahang (SIMP), which carries the title "Datuk Indera", were the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore, Datuk Dr Azfar Mohamad Mustafar, and secretary-general of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, United Arab Emirates, Datuk Dr Khalid Ghanim AlGaith.

Meanwhile, state works, transport and health committee chairman Razali Kassim, Malaysian Ambassador to Italy, Zahid Rastam and Asian Perlite Industries Sdn Bhd director (Luuk Runia) Lukman Runia Albert were awarded the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP), which carries the title "Datuk".

The sole recipient of the Setia Al-Sultan Abdullah Pahang (SAS) was Prince Ali Al Hussein's aide Brig General (Rtd) Farid Moh'd Ali Hajamat Qat.