DUSHANBE, December 19, 2012, Asia-Plus — The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) of Tajikistan is seeking broadcasting license to operate its own TV and radio stations.
A source at IRP’s headquarters in Dushanbe says the party representatives submitted an application for registration of the IRP TV and radios stations for consideration to the Committee for TV and Radio-broadcasting on Tuesday, December 18.
“Our stations will cover the whole territory of the country,” said the source. “The application was submitted to Saidali Siddiqov, the first deputy head of the Committee for TV and Radio-broadcasting and we hope that our party will be the first political party in Tajikistan to have its own TV and radio stations.”
Founded in October 1990, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan was registered on December 4, 1991. It was banned by the Supreme Court in June 1993 and legalized in August 1999. Its official newspaper is
Najot
(Salvation). According to some sources, IRP now has some 30,000 members. It won two seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections. The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan is the only Islamic party registered in CIS Central Asia.
