KATHMANDU, Sept. 18 -- Former Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Ek Nath Dhakal has been named the "Special Global Envoy of World Summit". The announcement was made on 12 September from New York by Dr Thomas G. Walsh, int'l chair of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) during the Think-Tank 2022 Rally of Hope.

Following the announcement, Global Envoy Dhakal was felicitated at a program organized in Kathmandu on Friday. Former Vice President Parmanand Jha and Nepali Congress leader Chitralekha Yadav were among others who congratulated Dhakal for his new appointment. Speaking at the program, Dhakal said that he is humbled by this global responsibility and will do his best to fulfill it with utmost sincerity. Representing the Summit Orga...