Brigadier General Tara Bahadur Karki has replaced Jagdish Chandra Pokharel as the director of Directorate of Public Affairs and spokesperson of Nepal Army.

Pokharel handed over the responsibility to Karki amid a function at the Army headquarters on Wednesday.

Pokharel completed his two years and now has been transferred to Army Command and Staff College Shivapuri. In his farewell speech, Pokhrel thanked the media houses, publishers, editors and journalists for their support and cooperation during his tenure and expressed hope to get similar support in future.