Only 18 of 74 printing outlets registered in Sughd province have reregistered.

This information is received from the Sughd province executive body.

Gulmakhmad Davlatov, head of press center at the Ministry of Culture confirmed this fact. Davlatov added that in addition to the 18 newspapers and magazines, 19 printing houses have also reregistered.

According to Davlatov, the Ministry of Culture intends to develop recommendations to the government concerning the rest of the outlets and printing facilities, which have not reregistered so far. Should the government decide to prolong the terms of registration, the Ministry will immediately inform about that. Otherwise, the newspapers and printing houses will be closed.

Provision on reregistering is based on the Resolution of the Tajik Government issued on 30 June 2007. According to this document, all printing outlets and printing shops should reregister in the Ministry of Culture.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service