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Tag: Peace Process

  • Nepal Peace Process: Maoists- Nepali Congress Agree on 95 Percent Political Issues

    Confidence over arms mgmt growing By Ameet Dhakal News Editor, the Kathmandu Post KATHMANDU, Oct 27 – Nepali Congress (NC) and Maoist leaders are busy giving the finishing touches to political agreements reached and are narrowing their differences over the issue of arms management. The NC and Maoists leaders held a crucial meeting Wednesday to…

  • Reason For Rejecting The Front Proposal

    An article by Kantipur editor Narayan Wagle that talks about why Nepali Congress, mainly its leader and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, has rejected the proposal for a Front to promote pro-republican issues in Nepal. Title: ???????? ???????? ????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ????????????? ???????????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ? ???????? ??????? ???? ???, ?????? ???? ??????…

  • Tired of Arrogance, People Rise Up Against Maoists

    In their bid to prove the presence of their ‘government’ Maoists are doing everything that they can do in the time of peace: from ‘arresting’ gundas and hooligans in the capital city to stopping people from playing cards in villages. We all know they are in the process of bargaining in the peace talks and…

  • Update on Peace Process: Today's Political Developments

    Update: Thursday, Sept 28: The much-awaited “summit talks” between the top leaders of the ruling seven-party alliance (SPA) and Maoists, earlier said to be held today but postponed for tomorrow (Friday), has been put off until the conclusion of the Dashain festival. (Here is more.) Based on a report by Balaram Baniya and Ujjir Magar…

  • Peace Roadmap: An Appeal To The Leadership Of The Eight Parties

    39 Nepalis (see the names below), buying space in Kantipur daily, appeal to leaders of Seven Party Alliance and the Maoist party. This appeal was first published in Nepali in the Sept 21 issue of Kantipur as an advertisement. Sri Girija Prasad Koirala, Sri Madhav Kumar Nepal, Sri Sher Bahadur Deuba, Sri Amik Sherchan, Sri…

  • Arms Management: A Part of Nepali Politics

    Political Threats: The Seven Party Alliance (SPA)/government of Nepal and the CPN (Maoist) have their own understandings, viewpoints and stances on peace and political threats. UWB: Here we produce a ‘Situation Update-IX’ prepared by Kathmandu based NGO Conflict Study Center with contribution from Dr. Bishnu Pathak and Chitra Niraula. UWB received this analysis from CS…

  • Prachanda Meets Prime Minister: Hope Of Peace Gains Strength

    Thank God, finally it happened. The meeting between Maoist supremo Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala happens at a time when people were desperately looking for the second round to high level talks between the government and the rebels. The meeting also happens at a time when Maoists are intensifying their activities like extortion…