Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki said on Friday that her government is committed to serving a maximum six-month term, after which it will peacefully hand over power to a democratically elected government.

In the first briefing to Kathmandu-based diplomats since the formation of her interim government last month, Karki, who also oversees the foreign ministry, said that her government is a non-political, transitional administration with a single, non-negotiable mandate to hold free, fair, and impartial general elections to the House of Representatives on March 5, 2026.

The interim government came to power following a nationwide anti-corruption movement on September 8 and 9 that left over 70 people, mostly young students,...