Created in 1970 based on FC Energetik Dushanbe, the new Pamir Dushanbe was the only Tajik club to be promoted to the former Soviet Top League, in which the club played for the last three seasons that the league existed just prior to the dissolution of the USSR: 1989, 1990, and 1991. They made the semi-finals of the last Soviet Cup, losing to CSKA Moscow.
Established in 1970 as FC Energetik Dushanbe, Pamir Dushanbe was the sole Tajik club to be promoted to the former Soviet Top League, which they played in for the last three seasons of the league's existence before its dissolution: 1989, 1990, and 1991. They reached the semi-finals of the final Soviet Cup, losing to CSKA Moscow.