DUSHANBE, January 31, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- Dushanbe mayor''s office has announced competitions to fill a number of vacant positions in the mayor’s office.

Shavkat Saidov, a spokesman for the Dushanbe’s mayor’s office, says competitions have been announced for the vacant positions of heads and employees of the directorate for investments and state-owned property management, the department for social development and public relations, the organizing department, the department for transportation, rods and communications, the department for family and women’s affairs, the department for religious affairs, and the department for labor and social protection.

The contest will last until February 27 and the contest results will be published on February 29, the spokesman said, noting that preference will be given to contenders who graduated from Tajik universities before 1992 and those who graduated from foreign higher educational institutions.