Announcing the decision, the President's Office said the dissolution was approved in the first cabinet meeting convened by Karki at 11 pm, marking the start of a six-month transitional government tasked with steering the country to the polls.
The oath of office was administered by President Ramchandra Paudel at a formal ceremony held at Sheetal Niwas, the presidential residence in Kathmandu.
Sushila Karki on Friday made history again, becoming Nepal's first female executive head, leading the country's transitional government. This remarkable achievement follows her earlier milestone in July 2016 when she became Nepal's first woman Chief Justice, reported The Kathmandu Post.
She's Nepal's first female Chief Justice, serving from July 2016 to June 2017, and is known for her integrity and landmark judgments on transitional justice and electoral disputes. She began practising law in 1979, became a senior advocate in 2007, and served as a Supreme Court Justice fr
Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of the Nepal Army, General Ashok Raj Sigdel, arrived at Sital Niwas, the official residence of the President of Nepal, in Kathmandu, on Friday for a high-level meeting, amid the widespread Gen Z protest that has engulfed the nation for the past few days.
The high-level political meeting scheduled to take place at 9 am on Friday at the President's House in Kathmandu has been postponed to 2 pm, according to sources familiar with the development.
Amid Nepal's ongoing political unrest and the Gen Z-led protests that have swept the nation, which led to the resignation of KP Sharma Oli as the Prime Minister, public support continues to grow for former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the nominee for interim Prime Minister.
The death toll from the ongoing Gen Z protests in the Kathmandu Valley has climbed to 34, as reported by The Himalayan Times, citing data released by the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal.
The death toll from the ongoing Gen Z protests in the Kathmandu Valley has climbed to 34, as reported by The Himalayan Times, citing data released by the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal.