Kathmandu, Dec. 9 -- Nearly three months after assuming office, Prime Minister Sushila Karki continues to shoulder the responsibilities of eight ministries, including the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM). Civil servants across these ministries say the absence of departmental ministers has made it difficult to take ministerial and policy-level decisions, leaving several key tasks stalled.Karki currently oversees the OPMCM, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Water Supply, Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Forests and Environment, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, and Labor, Employment and Social Security. Appointed on September 12, she has already expanded her Cabinet three times-on September 15, Se...