AGL 38.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.78 (-1.97%)
AIRLINK 131.40 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (0.14%)
BOP 6.77 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.59%)
CNERGY 4.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-1.27%)
DCL 8.45 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.12%)
DFML 41.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.47 (-1.13%)
DGKC 81.76 Decreased By ▼ -0.33 (-0.4%)
FCCL 32.83 Decreased By ▼ -0.27 (-0.82%)
FFBL 72.39 Decreased By ▼ -0.48 (-0.66%)
FFL 12.51 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (2.04%)
HUBC 110.80 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.05%)
HUMNL 14.10 Decreased By ▼ -0.41 (-2.83%)
KEL 5.13 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-1.16%)
KOSM 7.65 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.53%)
MLCF 38.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.20 (-0.51%)
NBP 63.03 Decreased By ▼ -0.98 (-1.53%)
OGDC 189.85 Decreased By ▼ -2.97 (-1.54%)
PAEL 25.46 Decreased By ▼ -0.22 (-0.86%)
PIBTL 7.40 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.82%)
PPL 150.00 Decreased By ▼ -4.07 (-2.64%)
PRL 25.46 Decreased By ▼ -0.37 (-1.43%)
PTC 17.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.31 (-1.74%)
SEARL 81.26 Decreased By ▼ -1.04 (-1.26%)
TELE 7.72 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.52%)
TOMCL 33.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.46 (-1.37%)
TPLP 8.38 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-1.3%)
TREET 16.87 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (1.5%)
TRG 58.05 Increased By ▲ 0.65 (1.13%)
UNITY 28.10 Increased By ▲ 0.59 (2.14%)
WTL 1.35 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.46%)
BR100 10,465 Decreased By -39 (-0.37%)
BR30 30,935 Decreased By -291 (-0.93%)
KSE100 97,705 Decreased By -374.4 (-0.38%)
KSE30 30,408 Decreased By -150.6 (-0.49%)

One of the world's longest-reigning monarchs, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, will mark 40 years on the throne Friday with low-key celebrations, an official said. There will be a ceremony at Hassanal's 1,700-room palace and a special sermon at a grand mosque in the city, said the official.
Religious celebrations began earlier with a recital of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, from cover to cover, he added. The sultan, 61, is prime minister, defence minister, finance minister and head of Islam in the Malay Muslim absolute monarchy, which dates back to the 14th century.
He ascended the throne on October 5, 1967, and was formally crowned on August 1, 1968. Events surrounding Hassanal's 40th anniversary may be relatively low-key, but diamonds sparkled and cannons boomed in June when the sultan's daughter wed a civil servant in a lavish traditional ceremony. The youthful-looking, goateed sultan rules over an oil-rich sliver of Borneo island which gained full independence from Britain in 1984.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2007

Comments

Comments are closed.