Government decides to extend terms of two transitional bodies by one year

The government on Thursday decided to extend the terms of the two transitional justice commissions.

A Cabinet meeting held this afternoon decided to extend the terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons by one year (until mid-July next year).

Similarly, the meeting has decided to postpone the decision to implement the national identity card compulsory to receive the social security allowance for the time being.

The government took this decision as the people have been facing difficulties to make national identity cards due to floods and landslides across the country, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said.