DUSHANBE, March 11, 2016, Asia-Plus — The Tajik Press Day is marked on March 11.
On this occasion, a ceremonial meeting is taking place at the Tajik Academic Drama Theater named after Abulqasem Lohouti in Dushanbe today afternoon.
For the first time, the award ceremony for the winners of the Abulqasem Lohouti Award will not 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.
“This year, the award ceremony for winners of the Abulqasem Lohouti Award will take place in September, on the threshold of Tajikistan’s Independence Day, which is marked on September 9,” an official source at Tajik Journalists’ Union told Asia-Plus in an interview.
We will recall that 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.
