Guwahati, Sept. 13 -- Kathmandu is bracing for a new political chapter after former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in on Friday night as Nepal's interim Prime Minister, following days of unprecedented protests that forced the resignation of KP Sharma Oli.

The appointment came after President Ramchandra Paudel, representatives of the Generation Z protest movement, and Nepal Army chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel reached a rare consensus in the wake of mounting unrest.

Karki, 73, is not a career politician but earned national prominence as Nepal's first woman chief justice, serving from July 2016 to June 2017. Known for her uncompromising stance against corruption, she built a reputation as a jurist unafraid to challenge powerful inte...