Tajikistan marks the Tajik Press Day today.  

On this occasion, a ceremonial meeting is taking place at the Tajik Academic Drama Theatre named after Abulqasem Lohouti in Dushanbe today afternoon.

The award ceremony for the winners of the Abulqasem Lohouti Award will be held on the sidelines of the meeting.

Established in 1967, the Abulqasem Lohouti Award is given for significant contributions in the area of journalism.

By president’s decree the Tajik Press Day has been marked on March 11 since 1993.  The Tajik Press Day is marked on March 11 in honor of the first Tajik-language newspaper, Bukhoroi Sharif (The Glorious Bukhara), the first edition of which was issued on March 11, 1912.

600 newspapers (primarily weeklies) and magazines in Tajik, Russian and other languages are now printed in Tajikistan; 363 of them are public and 237 others are private.  Besides, 10 national television channels and ten state-run radio stations as well as 16 regional TV stations and seven private radio stations now operate in the country.