"Sushila Karki was appointed Nepal's new interim prime minister on Friday the first woman to hold the position. It came after violent demonstrations left at least 72 people dead and thousands injured, and forced Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli to step down from his post. The revolt by members of Gen Z, a term referring to people born roughly between 1997 and 2012 was triggered by a short-lived government-imposed social media ban and anger about widespread corruption and economic hardship in the Himalayan nation."
"The 73-year-old former chief justice was given the interim PM position after days of talks between Nepali President Ram Chandra Paudel, youth protest leaders and civil-society figures. "We wanted to see Karki as prime minister given her integrity, lifelong pursuit of justice, and anti-corruption image," Raksha Bam, a key interlocutor of Gen Z groups, told DW. Karki described Nepal's anti-corruption demonstrations led by groups from Gen Z as a "revolution that turned everything upside down" after many state offices and documents were destroyed."
"In 2012, Karki was one of two presiding Supreme Court judges who jailed a serving government minister for corruption. She also granted Nepali women the right to pass citizenship to their children. She became Nepal's first woman chief justice, leading the judiciary from July 2016 to June 2017. During her tenure, she defended judicial independence, women's rights, and the fight against corruption."
Sushila Karki became Nepal's interim prime minister after violent Gen Z-led protests forced Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli to step down. The demonstrations left at least 72 people dead, thousands injured, and were triggered by a short-lived government social media ban, widespread corruption, and economic hardship. The 73-year-old former chief justice was appointed following talks among the president, youth leaders, and civil-society figures. Karki vowed to follow protesters' demands to end corruption. As a jurist she jailed a serving minister for corruption, granted Nepali women the right to pass citizenship to their children, and led the judiciary while defending judicial independence and women's rights.
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