Afghanistan, Sept. 13 -- Nepal appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as its first female interim prime minister after deadly anti-corruption protests forced Prime Minister Oli's resignation.
Nepal has appointed Sushila Karki, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as its first female interim prime minister. She was sworn in Friday night after days of violent anti-corruption protests forced the resignation of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli.
According to Reuters, the decision followed talks between President Ram Chandra Paudel, Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel, and leaders of the "Gen Z" protest movement. Protesters, most of them young Nepalis, had demanded Karki's appointment, seeing her as a figure of independence ...