Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s coalition says Bhandari’s refusal to certify the legislation is unconstitutional. Separately, the latest term of parliament’s lower house…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273004
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Assembly members are elected indirectly. Last July, Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed prime minister in line with a Supreme Court order. Deuba’s multi-party coalition has a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266552
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Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress, the main coalition partner of Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), said before the trip that Nepal should only accept…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB291540
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’), leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), was manoeuvred out of the premiership after a tie-up between Oli’s party -- which…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288446
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NEPAL: Judiciary row makes politics even stormier
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES267347
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He distributed posts across his multi-party coalition. His appointment of party colleague Gajendra Hamal as industry minister aroused widespread controversy, with critics…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264736
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Bhandari acted after deciding that neither Prime Minister KP Oli nor opposition leader SB Deuba had the support of a majority of MPs, even though each claimed he did. Oli was…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261842
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He was appointed premier by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on July 13 in line with an order issued by the Supreme Court, which overturned Bhandari’s May move to dissolve parliament…
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The country’s religious minorities officially include Ahmadiyya Muslims, who frequently face discrimination by the Sunni majority. Pakistan’s Hindus and Christians also experience…
Pakistan government's crackdown on the opposition.