Around 30 Tajik police officers fired for overweight, only half reinstated after weight loss
In Tajikistan, approximately 30 Interior Ministry employees were dismissed last year for being overweight. After losing weight, only 13 of them were allowed to return to their positions. Hussein Khalilzoda, head of the Interior Ministry Personnel and Staff Affairs Department of the MVD, stated that in 2024, about 20,000 police officers underwent weight checks. asiaplustj.info »