Tajkistan, Power

09:48, april 17, 2015

Majlisi Milli speaker will be elected today

DUSHANBE, April 17, 2015, Asia-Plus – Chairperson of Tajikistan’s upper house (Majlisi Milli) will be elected today.

11:17, april 16, 2015

PDP, APT form their factions in the parliament lower house

DUSHANBE, April 16, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of the parliament has registered factions of the People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDP) and the

10:49, april 16, 2015

Supreme Court chairman retired for age reasons

Chairman of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, Nusratullo Abdullozoda, has been retired for age reasons.

15:05, april 13, 2015

Interior minister in Rasht to receive local residents

DUSHANBE, April 13, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Interior Minister, Lieutenant-General Ramazon Rahimzoda, today is in the Rasht district (eastern Tajikistan) to receive local residents to listen to

13:54, april 9, 2015

Rahmon shakes up regional administrators

By president’s decrees a number of regional administrators have been replaced.

11:12, april 9, 2015

Dushanbe police chief honored ahead of retirement

Dushanbe police chief has been honored ahead of retirement.

16:38, april 8, 2015

Tajik customs officials replaced

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus – By government’s decree a number of customs officials have been replaced.

14:18, april 8, 2015

Parliament speaker says some ministers ignore parliamentary sessions

The Majlisi Namoyandagon speaker has said that heads of some ministries and agencies ignore the Majlisi Namoyandagon sessions.

09:22, april 8, 2015

Deputy director of the counternarcotics agency dismissed

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus -- One of deputy directors of the Tajik counternarcotics agency has been dismissed.

09:16, april 8, 2015

Chief of Dushanbe police replaced

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The Interior Ministry’s website reports that Colonel Foteh Qunghurotzoda, who had previously served as chief of the Interior Ministry department for

17:58, april 7, 2015

President replaces a number of police officials

DUSHANBE, April 7, 2015, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has replaced a number of police officials.

14:18, april 6, 2015

Rahmon urges local authorities to take adequate measure to reduce disaster risks

DUSHANBE, April 6, 2015, Asia-Plus -- On Monday April 6, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon held telephone conversations with governors of the Khatlon and Sughd province as well chairpersons the city

10:33, april 2, 2015

New head of the Tajik MFA Consular Department appointed

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2015, Asia-Plus -- New head of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Tajikistan has been appointed.

10:19, april 2, 2015

Ex-deputy prime minister appointed to head Agroinvestbonk

Ex-Deputy Prime Minister Murodali Alimardon has been appointed to head Open Joint Stock-Company (OJSC) Agroinvestbonk.

17:15, april 1, 2015

Alimardon relieved of his post of deputy prime minister

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2015, Asia-Plus – Murodali Alimardon has been relieved of his post of Deputy Prime Minister in connection with transfer to other job, according to the Tajik president’s official

10:50, march 31, 2015

US Dept of State INL representatives evaluate activities of Tajik counternarcotics agency

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan of Tajikistan (DCA), Lieutenant-General Rustam Nazarzoda, yesterday met here with

15:01, march 30, 2015

President introduces a number of staff changes

DUSHANBE, March 30, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon introduced a number of staff changes on March 30, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

10:21, march 20, 2015

No public funds used for construction of Kokhi Narvrouz complex, says Rahmon

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2015, Asia-Plus - Speaking at an annual meeting with leading scholars, writers, artists and other figures, President Emomali Rahmon said on March 19 that no public funds had

14:33, march 19, 2015

Rahmon highly appraises role of intelligentsia in implementation of government policy

Rahmon has highly appraised a role of Tajik intelligentsia in implementation of the government policy.

11:33, march 18, 2015

Ombudsman advises Tajik authorities to improve prison conditions

In his report on the 2014 activities, Tajik Ombudsman Zarif Alizoda advises the government of Tajikistan to increase financing of penitentiary institutions.

14:22, march 17, 2015

President assesses the March 1 parliamentary elections as democratic and transparent

President Rahmon has assessed the March 1 parliamentary elections as democratic, free and transparent.

10:48, march 17, 2015

Dushanbe mayor warns to introduce serious staff changes

DUSHANBE, March 17 2015, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev held a meeting on March 16 to review some infrastructure development projects, Shavkat Saidov, a spokesman for the

09:57, march 17, 2015

The first sitting of the newly elected Majlisi Namoyandagon held today

Representatives of international and independent media outlets are not attending the first sitting of the lower parliament house for the first time in twenty years.

16:17, march 16, 2015

President’s son reportedly appointed to head the anticorruption agency

The eldest son of Tajikistan’s president, Rustam Emomali, who had previously served as head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, was appointed to head the Agency for State

10:18, march 16, 2015

Independent media will not attend the first session of the newly elected parliament lower house

Representatives of independent media outlets will not attend the first session of the newly elected Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) that will take place in Dushanbe on

09:57, march 16, 2015

Mayor orders to carry out explanatory work among women on extremism prevention issues

DUSHANBE, March 6, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev has ordered to carry an explanatory work among local women on extremism prevention issues.

09:19, march 11, 2015

Rahmon introduces new staff changes

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has introduced a number of new staff changes.

14:46, march 9, 2015

New deputy heads of anticorruption agency appointed

DUSHANBE, March 9, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik president’s official website reports new deputy directors of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption were appointed on March 6.

10:53, march 6, 2015

President sets date for the first session of new lower house of parliament

DUSHANBE, March 6, 2015, Asia-Plus – President Emomali Rahmon yesterday signed a decree on holding the first session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) of the

14:56, march 5, 2015

Majlisi Milli gives consent to the appointment of deputy prosecutors general

DUSHANBE, March 5, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s upper house (Majlisi Milli) of parliament has given consent to the appointment of deputy prosecutors general.