Kathmandu, March 31 -- A week after its formation, the committee tasked with nominating office bearers for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons commenced its work from Sunday.

The KP Sharma Oli administration, after consultation with the leader of the opposition CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on March 24, formed the committee led by former chief justice Om Prakash Mishra. The new committee retained the coordinator and the three members from the previous panel, which had failed to accomplish its job within a two-month deadline.

However, the National Human Rights Commission is represented by its commissioner, Lily Thapa. Commissioner Manoj Duwady had rep...