Miscellaneous
Govt to issue diplomatic PP to province, DDC chiefs
Ringing in changes to the existing passport guidelines, the government has decided to provide diplomatic passports to chiefs of the provinces and District Coordination Committees,Ringing in changes to the existing passport guidelines, the government has decided to provide diplomatic passports to chiefs of the provinces and District Coordination Committees, and official passports to chiefs of municipalities and rural municipalities. A Cabinet meeting on Monday made the decision to this effect.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared a list of officials for the diplomatic, official, ordinary and travel documents to the Nepali nationals.
The meeting also appointed Kundan Aryal as press advisor to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. A PhD in journalism, Aryal is assistant professor at the Tribhuvan University’s Faculty of Mass Communications and Journalism. He will lead a small team of two other journalists to assist him at Prime Minister’s Office.
Similarly, Achyut Mainali has been appointed as PM’s public relations advisor. He will get facilities on par with the state minister.