Tajkistan, Power

11:43, march 16, 2016

Chiefs of eleven city and district police departments replaced

DUSHANBE, March 16, 2016, Asia-Plus – Chiefs of eleven city and district police departments have been replaced.

11:22, march 16, 2016

Tajik parliament speaker holds talks with heads of both houses of Pakistan parliament

DUSHANBE, March 16, 2016, Asia-Plus – As part of his official visit to Pakistan, Shukurjon Zuhurov, the head of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament, who visits Pakistan at

11:19, march 16, 2016

President signs a number of laws

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday signed a number of laws.

10:49, march 16, 2016

President signs a number of laws

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday signed a number of laws.

14:29, march 15, 2016

Rahmon urges Roudaki authorities to take more efficient measures to prevent youth radicalization

President Emomali Rahmon today visited the Roudaki district.

15:38, march 11, 2016

New medical center in Dushanbe renamed Istiqlol

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2016, Asia-Plus -- On the proposal of President Emomali Rahmon a new medical center in Dushanbe that firstly was named “Poytakht-90” was renamed “Istiqlol.

14:57, march 9, 2016

Parliament endorses amendments toughening punishment for illegal currency exchange operations

Tajikistan has toughened punishment for illegal hard-currency exchange operations.

10:56, march 9, 2016

Parliament discusses amendments toughening punishment for illegal currency exchange operations

DUSHANBE, March 9, 2016, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is expected to toughen punishment for illegal hard-currency exchange operations.

11:12, march 4, 2016

Head of Tajik MFA information department replaced

DUSHANBE, March 4, 2016, Asia-Plus – Head of the Tajik MFA information department has been replaced.

16:19, march 3, 2016

First deputy head of GosKomInvest dismissed

DUSHANBE, March 3, 2016, Asia-Plus – By president’s decree Lochin Fayzullozoda has been relieved of his post of first deputy chairman of the State Committee on Investment and State-owned Property

10:07, march 3, 2016

33 laws tabled to the agenda of today’s session of Majlisi Milli

DUSHANBE, March 3, 2016, Asia-Plus – The fifth session of Tajikistan’s upper house (Majlisi Milli) of parliament is being held in Dushanbe today.

16:54, march 1, 2016

Rahmon concerned over impact of foreign TV channels on Tajiks’ consciousness

DUSHANBE, March 1, 2016, Asia-Plus – President Emomali Rahmon has expressed concern about vulnerability of Tajikistan’s information space and impact of foreign television channels on consciousness

15:41, march 1, 2016

Settlement built for victims of last year’s mudslides named after Emomali Rahmon

DUSHANBE, March 1, 2016, Asia-Plus – At the suggestion of the regional legislature of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) will

14:57, march 1, 2016

President derides Tajik national TV and radio for lack of professionalism

President Emomali Rahmon has criticized the national TV and radio channels for lack of professionalism.

10:50, march 1, 2016

President Rahmon warns of possible drought and crop failure

President Emomali Rahmon has warned of possible drought and crop failure this year.

11:07, february 26, 2016

President shakes up regional administrators

DUSHANBE, February 26, 2016, Asia-Plus – President Emomali Rahmon has shaken up some regional administrators.

16:42, february 25, 2016

President orders to triple fruit and vegetable exports to Russia

DUSHANBE, February 25, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has ordered to increase fruit and vegetable exports to Russia by 50 percent this year and triple them in 2017.

15:30, february 25, 2016

Customs Service chief’s son gets high post in the interior ministry

Shohrukh Saidov, the son of the Customs Service chief Abdufattoh Ghoib, has got a high post in the Interior Ministry.

14:58, february 25, 2016

President plants fruit trees in Hisor

DUSHANBE, February 25, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon today visited the Hisor district, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

10:57, february 17, 2016

Interior ministry senior officials shaken up

DUSHANBE, February 17, 2016, Asia-Plus – A number of senior officials of the Interior Ministry have been shaken up, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.

10:37, february 17, 2016

One of SCNS deputy heads replaced

By president’s decree one SCNS deputy heads hs been replaced.

16:09, february 10, 2016

Tajikistan approves amendments proposed to the country’s penal code

The amendments, in particular, provide for alternative punishment for bribery and sexual harassment.

15:19, february 10, 2016

Parliamentarians set date for referendum on constitutional amendments

The full text of the constitutional amendments will be published within the next three days.

10:13, february 10, 2016

Tajikistan expected to toughen punishment for illegal hard-currency exchange operations

DUSHANBE, February 10, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan is expected to toughen punishment for illegal hard-currency exchange operations.

13:44, february 9, 2016

Referendum to amend the Constitution reportedly set for May 22

The referendum to amend the Constitution has been set for May 22.

10:24, february 9, 2016

President points to the necessity of fostering national consciousness

DUSHANBE, February 9, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held a meeting to discuss issues related to socioeconomic development of the country.

10:29, february 5, 2016

Constitutional Court approves constitutional amendments

The Constitutional Court of Tajikistan has approved amendments proposed to the Constitution by a group of parliamentarians.

10:37, february 4, 2016

Tajik name-change craze targets Turkic words

DUSHANBE, February 4, 2016, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty reports that having purged his country of most Russian, Soviet, and Arabic labels, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is setting his

15:17, february 3, 2016

MPs decide to return amendments proposed to the media law as required improvement

DUSHANBE, February 3N 2016, Asia-Plus – Deputies of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament have decided to return the draft law on amendments proposed by the government to

11:01, february 3, 2016

Parliament expected to consider amendments offered to the media law

DUSHANBE, February 3, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament is expected to consider amendments, offered by the government to the country’s law on