Kathmandu, June 25 -- Nearly a month after the opposition's demand, the government has constituted a committee to investigate the visit visa scam, a move welcomed by the main opposition but rejected by two other political parties.

On Monday evening, the Cabinet formed a panel, led by former chief secretary, Shankar Das Bairagi, with joint-secretaries from seven ministries as its members. Announcing its formation in Tuesday's meeting of the House of Representatives, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak detailed the terms of reference of the probe panel and claimed that it will dig out all aspects of the scam. "The committee will also provide suggestions for short-term, long-term, legal and institutional reforms," he said. The committee has three m...