Umarali Izatovich Kuvvatov was a Tajikistani businessman and politician. He was the leader of the opposition Group 24, which he had founded after going into exile in 2012. Although the Tajikistani authorities sought his extradition numerous times he was never extradited. He was shot and killed on 5 March 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Tajik National University is the first and largest university in Tajikistan. It enrolls 23,000 students per year in 18 different academic disciplines.