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Panel to spot officials issuing ‘fake passports’ to Afghans

by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Oct 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Taking a serious notice of the alleged issuance of over 12,000 fake passports to Afghan nationals, the interior ministry has constituted a five-member committee to carry out a thorough probe into the matter. According to a notification issued by the ministry, a copy of which is available with Dawn, the Director General of Immigration and Passports (Impass) will be the convener, while FIA deputy secretary, a…

UML continues to obstruct House over gold smuggling

by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 9, 2023Despite the home minister committing to a fair investigation into last month’s gold seizure, the main opposition party continued its disruption of the House of Representatives demanding a high-level panel to conduct the probe. After nearly two weeks of obstruction, the CPN-UML on Tuesday allowed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha to inform the House on the measures being taken to…

Panel to question minister on lack of inclusiveness in envoy nominations

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 2, 2023The Parliamentary Hearing Committee has decided to summon Foreign Minister NP Saud following public complaints that the principle of inclusiveness was ignored in ambassadorial nominations. The decision was made on Tuesday after studying the complaints lodged against the government’s nomination last month of ambassadors for six Nepali missions. Ambassadorial positions are vacant in seven vacant missions and the government has yet to name its ambassador for…

Dahal says court barred release of Lal panel report:

By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 19, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday said the government was unable to publicise the Lal Commission report as the Supreme Court barred it from doing so. The report was produced by a team led by former Supreme Court justice Girish Chandra Lal after a detailed investigation into the months of protests in the run-up to and following the promulgation of the constitution in September…