Nepal, Sept. 25 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki said that the government bodies have been working to find out ways about possibilities of enabling voting rights for people risiding in foreign countries.

PM Karki addressing the nation for the first time after being appointed said so from her office at Singha Durbar. Karki was appointed PM on September 12 following the September 8 and 9 with a mandate to hold election within six months.

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