Kathmandu, Sept. 19 -- The fourth session of the federal parliament was prorogued on Thursday without endorsing crucial laws necessary for both the federal and provincial governments to implement federalism as envisioned by the constitution fully.

The constitution, promulgated four years ago, authorises provincial governments to hire civil servants through provincial public service commissions once a federal civil service law is in place. But four years since the promulgation of the statute, the federal parliament has yet to endorse the law, preventing provincial commissions from hiring civil servants. Though the Federal Civil Service Bill has been tabled in Parliament, it has not been presented for deliberation.

The Federal Public Serv...