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Curfew Lifted in Kathmandu as Interim PM Sushila Karki Takes Charge, India Welcomes Transition

The interim leader faces a six‑month deadline to deliver new elections under conditions set by Gen‑Z organizers.

Overview

  • Sushila Karki was sworn in late Friday as interim prime minister after K.P. Sharma Oli resigned during youth‑led unrest over a social‑media ban.
  • President Ramchandra Paudel authorized the interim administration to hold parliamentary elections within six months.
  • Gen‑Z collective Hami Nepal says its three conditions were accepted, including dissolving parliament, a judicial probe into protest deaths, and asset investigations of former officials.
  • A Kathmandu curfew was lifted at 5 a.m. Saturday, with security forces still deployed; police report 51 dead and about 1,700 injured during the violence.
  • India’s foreign ministry welcomed the interim government, as authorities tally economic damage that industry reports estimate at over NPR 25 billion for the hotel and tourism sector.