The followings are the most known cases of so called “clanisation” in Tajikistan:
The key figures of the former Cabinet, who have saved their positions are the Minister of Defense Sh. Khairullayev and the head of the State Committee on National Security (a secret police) Kh. Abdurakhimov. The head of the former State Committee on Protection of Frontiers S. Zukhurov and others.

About 30 % of production and smuggling of drugs in the territory of Central Asia and Russia consists of narcotics of Tajikistan origin. If an annual turnover of the Afghani heroin in 2006 made 4.5-5 billion US dollar, the volume of the narcotic market in Tajikistan has reached around $1.5 billion. Today it has already made equal 60-70 % of the volume of Gross National Product of Tajikistan.

It is an open secret that land in Tajikistan is the only resource as well as the last serious “item” of economic interest. This situation occurs due to the shortage of investment projects and economic activity instruments. Besides, land has become an object of jobbery, on the one hand, and the matter of survival for millions of Tajiks involved in agriculture, on the other.

The number of trans border conflicts related to violation of southern Kyrgyzstan’s borders by Tajik citizens has increased last time in Batken Province. Only during the first week of March there were dozens of trans border regime violations committed by Tajik citizens in Batken Province who intend to illegally seize lands to construct building and to utilize firewood in Kok-Tash.

A senior member of Tajikistan's Islamic opposition party has died after spending five years in prison.

A crippling shortage of energy, combined with severe weather conditions, have left many people living in cold, dark homes in Tajikistan and other parts of Central Asia. Coupled with increasing prices for food and gasoline, it's creating a miserable winter for many.

Ex-Soviet Tajikistan outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation on Monday, saying its missionary activities violated the laws of the predominantly Muslim Central Asian state.

Tajikistan and Kazakhstan have signed a number of agreements on investment and trade during Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's visit to Dushanbe.

Flour prices in Dushanbe have risen by nearly 33 percent increase since last week, causing many shoppers to leave the markets empty-handed and surprised by the price spike.

World Bank Endorses Tajikistan’s Country Partnership Strategy Progress Report

Manas Petroleum Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: MNAP) Somon Oil, a 90% owned subsidiary of Manas' 100% owned subsidiary DWM Petroleum AG, has been awarded an exploration license by the Tajikistan government.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will issue $192 million worth of loans and grants to Tajikistan over the next three years for agricultural, regional, energy, social, and transport projects, an ADB spokesperson said Monday.