KATHMANDU: Nepal government Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar has retired from the civil service after completing his five-year tenure as secretary.
Pushkar, who had been serving in the reserve pool under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, officially went on mandatory retirement on Wednesday.
He was promoted to the post of secretary on July 8, 2021, after joining the civil service on January 31, 1997. During his career, he held key positions at the Ministry of Finance as Revenue Secretary, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, and the Office of the Vice President.
While serving at the Office of the Vice President, Pushkar was briefly detained and questioned by police after sending a text message to Prime Minister Balen Shah seeking information regarding applications for ambassadorial appointments.
Following the incident, the government transferred him to the reserve pool at the Prime Minister’s Office, where he remained until his retirement without being assigned another executive responsibility.
Born on July 29, 1974, Pushkar retired before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 58 and before completing 30 years of government service, having completed the fixed five-year tenure for the post of secretary.
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