Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin is part and parcel of the state government, especially in effort to realise the establishment of an Islamic state, said state Menteri Besar Abdul Hadi Awang.

Pointing out that Islam is the core of administration of the state government, Hadi said the sultan - as the patron of Islam in the state - should be informed about all important affairs in the running of the state.

The menteri besar's views were quoted by Harakah Online. The PAS web version of its party organ also quoted Abdul Hadi as saying that the sultan can express his view in his capacity as the ruler of the state.