Tajkistan

12:49, august 24, 2010

INCIDENTS

Russia to help Tajikistan find and detain escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- By Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s instruction Russian special services will help Tajikistan find and detain the escaped prisoners, Russia’s Itar Tass

12:29, august 24, 2010

INCIDENTS

GKNB publishes list of escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Yesterday evening, all Tajik national TV channels showed photographs of 14 of 25 prisoners who escaped from pretrial detention facility # 1 in Dushanbe

11:40, august 24, 2010

POWER

President departs for Kulob

President Emomali Rahmon today morning left for the Kulob zone in Khatlon province for a two-day working visit, according to presidential press service.

11:09, august 24, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Teachers and parents organizations of a number of schools in GBAO to incorporate into single association

KHOROG, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Teachers and parents organizations of a number of high schools in Gorno Badakhshan plan to incorporate into a single association.

10:52, august 24, 2010

POWER

Capital mayor sacks Qariyai Bolo bazaar director, reprimands deputy mayor, Sakhovat bazaar director

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe mayor has sacked the Qariyai Bolo bazaar director and reprimanded a deputy mayor and the Sakhovat bazaar director for failing to curb

10:35, august 24, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Khujand resident sentenced to prison for driving his step daughter to suicide

KHUJAND, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khujand has got a jail term of five years for driving his step daughter to suicide.

19:05, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

GKNB names Dushanbe’s escape masterminds

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus – Organizers of escape from the pretrial detention facility run by the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) in Dushanbe have reportedly been identified.

18:38, august 23, 2010

SOCIETY

Prison escape cannot affect political situation in Tajikistan, says expert

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- No one force, even the 1,000-strong armed group, is able to seriously affect the political situation in Tajikistan because the current situation in the

17:35, august 23, 2010

POWER

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considered bill on national budget for 2011

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus --The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered the bill on the national budget for 2011 at an August 23

17:15, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

Situation in the city of Kulob under control, says local police chief

KULOB/DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The escape of a group of prisoners from Dushanbe’s pretrial detention facility has not impacted service of the Kulob city police department, the

17:07, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

GBAO, Sughd law enforcement agencies put on alert

KHOROG/KHUJAND, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- law enforcement agencies in Gorno Badakhshan have been put on alert following the escape of a group of prisoners from Dushanbe’s pretrial

15:34, august 23, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Drug peddler detained at Dushanbe airport Sunday evening

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) have uncovered a criminal group dealing with transporting narcotics to Russia, according to the DCA press

15:07, august 23, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Armenia underline necessity of expansion of bilateral cooperation

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- On Friday August 20, Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met in Yerevan with His Armenian counterpart Edvard Nalbandyan on sidelines of an informal

14:45, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

President Rahmon convenes with senior security officials

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today convene a meeting in Dushanbe with senior police and security officials to discuss efforts to detain prisoners that

14:38, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

People dissatisfied with official authorities may gather around escapees, says former UTO field commander

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Mirzokhouja Ahmadov, who was once chief of the regional state body empowered to combat organized crime in Rasht Valley says that it cannot be ruled out that

13:46, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

Yoqub Salimov and Ghaffor Mirzoyev were not among escapees

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, – Yoqub Salimov and Ghaffor Mirzoyev were not among 25 prisoners that escaped from pretrial detention facility # 1 in Dushanbe overnight.

13:03, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

GKNB releases official statement about escape from pretrial detention facility in Dushanbe

New details emerged today morning about the escape of prisoners from pretrial detention facility in Dushanbe today as the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) has released an official

12:32, august 23, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Exhibition of Iranian goods to take place in Khujand in September

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus - An exhibition of Iranian goods will open in Khujand, the capital of Sughd province on September 12, according to Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and

12:18, august 23, 2010

INCIDENTS

Gunmen kill six prison wardens, free 25 prisoners

Unidentified gunmen attacked pretrial detention facility # 1 in Dushanbe overnight, killing six wardens and freeing 25 prisoners.

10:52, august 23, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Konibodom authorities inspect preparedness of local school for new academic year

KONIBODOM, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Targeted use of budgetary funds allocated for renovation of schools and preparedness of schools for winter season was the focus of a meeting of

10:35, august 23, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Khatlon governor orders to support young teachers, provide them with dwelling

QURGHON TEPPA, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Khatlon governor Ghaybullo Avzalov has ordered chairmen of local cities and districts to support young teachers and provide them with dwelling.

10:18, august 23, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik official dismisses fears of militant attacks on Kyrgyzstan

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus – A senior Tajik security official says Kyrgyzstan''s concerns about the infiltration of Islamic militants from Tajikistan into Kyrgyzstan are unfounded,

20:37, august 21, 2010

TAJKISTAN

CSTO leaders decide to make amendments to organization’s charter

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attended an informal meeting of the heads of state of member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

19:27, august 21, 2010

LAW-ORDER

46 supporters of Mirzo Ziyoev sentenced to long jail terms

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus – A large group of supporters of slain ex-Minister of Emergencies Mirzo Ziyoev have been sentenced to long jail terms.

18:39, august 21, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Trial of ex-candidate to parliament from Vakhsh district continues in Bokhtar district court

QURGHON TEPPA, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The trial of ex-candidate to parliament from the Vakhsh district, Sayvali Nourov, is continuing in a court of Bokhtar district, Khatlon province.

18:14, august 21, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan, Russia reach agreement on many issues

One of agreements reached during Emomali Rahmon’s meeting with Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi concerns the labor migration sphere. Tajik nationals now may stay 90 days in Russia 90 with no paperwork.

16:42, august 21, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Age restriction on Tajik pilgrimage to Mecca

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan''s Religious Affairs Committee says it has introduced age restrictions on those wishing to make the pilgrimage to Islam''s holy city of Mecca,

11:49, august 21, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Finance ministry plans to set up market for selling and buying Roghun shares

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Finance plans to set up an open market for selling and buying shares in the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP), Asia-Plus has

11:24, august 21, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik farmers overfulfill this year's melon crop target

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik farmers have overfulfilled this year’s melon crop target, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).

10:59, august 21, 2010

TAJKISTAN

Tajik farmers produce little more than 725 tons of grapes this year so far

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Since the beginning of this year, all categories of farms have produced 26,800 tons of fruits, which is 24 percent of this year’s target and 5,000 tons more