Wednesday, October 14th, 2026

Parliamentary committee approves 10 ambassadorial nominees, rejects Sunar for Saudi Arabia



KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Hearing Committee has approved 10 of the 13 ambassadorial nominees proposed for various countries while rejecting the nomination of Giri Bahadur Sunar for Saudi Arabia.

A committee meeting held on Wednesday endorsed the names of 10 nominees but unanimously rejected Sunar’s nomination.

The committee unanimously approved Dr Nischal Nath Pandey for India, Kalyan Raj Sharma for China, Chiranjeev Thapa for the United States, Gaurav Shumsher Jabara for the United Kingdom and Saru Joshi for Germany.

Similarly, the committee approved Suresh Kumar Karn for Israel, Padmakshi Rana for Oman, Prof. Dr Sangam Shrestha for the Republic of Korea, Prapti Sherchan for Spain and Dr Manchala Kumari Jha for Sri Lanka.

Committee Chairperson Bodh Narayan Shrestha confirmed that the meeting had approved the nominations of 10 ambassadorial candidates.

The committee, however, unanimously rejected Sunar’s nomination for Saudi Arabia.

Publish Date : 14 October 2026 19:28 PM

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