DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus — The Tajik Press Day is marked today.
On this occasion, 100 best Tajik journalists will be awarded at a ceremonial meeting that will be held in the building of the National Philharmonic Society in Dushanbe today afternoon, Abdughaffor Abdujabborov, an official with the Ministry of Culture (MoC), said in an interview with Asia-Plus.
Besides, five recipients for the Abulqosim Lohouti Award and winner of the Vohid Asrori Award (the recipient for this award is selected from among students from journalism faculties) will be announced today, the Tajik Journalists’ Union Executive Secretary Poulod Nourov said.
An exhibition of books, brochures, magazines and newspapers will be held on sidelines of the ceremonial meeting in the building of the National Philharmonic Society.
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
(Glorious Bukhara), the first edition of which was issued on March 11, 1912.
According to a MoC, 170 newspapers, 74 magazines and six news agencies currently function in the country.
