Firuza hafizova biography sample

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DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN: Tajikistan has fined a pop star for holding a birthday at home with friends rather than family members only as required by a restrictive law on private celebrations.

State prosecutors said singer Firuza Hafizova was fined $530 for violating the law after a video emerged of her dancing at home with friends.

The law on private celebrations was passed in 2007 to discourage lavish spending on weddings and other events in the impoverished Central Asian country.

But critics say the law has instead helped officials extort money from the public, with the fine levied against Hafizova worth more than two month's wages for the average Tajik.

As Hafizova "celebrated her birthday at her home on December 12 from 8 to 11 pm local time, her girlfriends and