In an unprecedented move, the newly formed govt led by PM Balendra Shah in Nepal has set up a five-member judicial panel to investigate the assets of people who held public offices from 2006 to the fiscal year 2025-26, opening the widest scrutiny yet of the country's post-monarchy political and bureaucratic elite.
The move will bring under its lens former king Gyanendra Shah, three presidents, all heads of govt since 2005-06, including two interim arrangements, and a much wider pool of ministers, constitutional office-bearers and senior bureaucrats.
