Nepal, Jan. 21 -- Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on January 17 directed the home minister and other officials concerned to complete the police adjustment process within two weeks. Dahal set the deadline after chief ministers from all seven provinces continuously pressed him to quickly work towards adjusting the police forces in the provinces. Post's Thira Lal Bhusal talked to former government secretary Jaya Mukunda Khanal, who for long also worked as chief of the security and coordination division of the home ministry.

What do you make of the prime minister's directive on police adjustment? Is it possible within such a short deadline?

This should have been done long ago. But two weeks is insufficient to settle the issues given the s...