Kathmandu, Nov. 25 -- The commissioners at the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, mandated to look into the conflict-era human rights cases, are already lobbying for the extension of their terms that end in three months.

And this time, they want an extension of four years saying that it will take at least that long to complete the investigations. The duration of the tenure is at the government's discretion.

But without political commitment, it is unlikely that the investigations into the 2,506 complaints of disappearances and 63,718 cases in the truth commission will ever be completed.

"Finding out the whereabouts of the disappeared from years back is a challenging j...