KATHMANDU, April 21 -- The government has appointed former Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Armed Police Force Rajesh Shrestha the executive director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), a think tank affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi said on Saturday that a recent Cabinet meeting appointed Shrestha the executive director of the IFA out of three shortlisted candidates.

Deputy executive director at the IFA, Indra Adhikari, also confirmed that Shrestha was appointed to the post recently. "We are going to hold the IFA board meeting shortly," she said.

The post of executive director was lying vacant at the IFA since the then executive director Pannakaji Amatya passed away ...