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GACHHADAR SHIFTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR CITIZENSHIP
FIASCO ON MADESHBADI FRONT
Kathmandu, 18 Feb.: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar revealed Friday he issued directive to issue
citizenship through birth on pressure of Madeshbadi front knowing it will e opposed by courts.
He made this confession before parliament’s state affairs committee
Gachhedar was summoned by the committee after he issued circulars to all the district administration offices to issue citizenship certificates by
descent to the children born to parents of foreign origin who had obtained the Nepali citizenship certificates by birth.

Supreme court Thursday stayed the circular amid widespread criticism the directive was illegal; some CDOs refused to execute the order
“I knew beforehand the supreme court would issue a stay order on the circular. But I had no other alternative but to issue the circular as I was under UDMF pressure,” the second minister in the Baburam
Bhattarai government admitted.
He’s also chairman of MJFL and top leader of the front of five
terai-based pared pushing regional demands with Maoists leading the government which is submitting to the demands even amid protests
within UCPN (Maoist) to retain government leadership.
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PRAMILA ACHARYA INDUCTED IN ONSTITUTEOF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Kathmandu, 18 Feb.: Pramila Acharya Rijal has been appointed
working committee member of Institute of Foreign Affairs at the foreign ministry.
Rijal is President of SAARC Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs.
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ONLY 58 OF 80 POLITICAL PARTIES SUBMIT REPORTS TO ELECTION COMMISSION
Kathmandu, 18 Feb.: Election Commission has issued ultimatum to 18 political parties to submit annual financial accounts to maintain
registration with the supreme election body, an announcement said
Friday.
“”The deadline is final,” said Election Commissioner Nilkantha Upreti.
Parties face possible cancellation of their registration.
The commission had asked 77 or 80 registered parties to update their accounts with the commission.
Only 58 of 80 political parties registered with Election Commission have submitted their income, expenditure despite repeated reminders until mid-February.
Eleven parties including NC have asked for additional time to submit
their reports.
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CHINA SEEKS HELP IN HALTING TIBETAN FLIGHT THROUGH NEPAL
Kathmandu, 18 Feb.: Hailing Nepal's long-standing One-China policy, a visiting Chinese professor from Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) requested Nepal not to support the illegal immigrants from Tibet., The Kathmandu Post reports

Prof Wei Gang, the director of Contemporary Tibet Studies Institute, who is currently in Kathmandu, said illegal migration from Tibet has had multiple effects.
Hundreds of Tibetans cross the Nepal-China border every year to visit Dharmashala and other places.
“The persons who cross the border illegally should not be active in politics,” he said, during an interaction with journalists on Thursday.
Gang said Beijing and TAR are tying their best to uplift the quality of life in Tibet by spending billions of dollars on various infrastructure and social welfare programmes.
He also accused the western media of spreading propaganda against Tibet and backing Dalai Lama.
“Like political campaigners against China during the cold war era, the western media have lost their neutrality and just listened to what Dharmashala says,” Gang said. “Many people listen to one-sided story but do not want to know the real situation inside Tibet.”
Beijing and TAR want to develop Tibet as a global tourist hotspot, and the current 12th year plan has allocated billions of Yuan to build infrastructure there. “Last year eight million tourists visited Tibet which is again in upward trajectory.”
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yang Houlan claimed that some international forces are behind fueling the Tibetan movement.
“Some international forces trying to affect good relations between the two countries (Nepal and China),” said Yang. Nepalis have very clear picture about the Tibetans and cooperation within Nepal is very cordial, said Yang.
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