Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, is set to become Nepal's interim leader after violent anti-graft protests forced prime minister KP Sharma Oli to resign, the president's office says.

President Ramchandra Paudel's office announced Karki's appointment following negotiations between Paudel, army chief Ashok Raj Sigdel and the protesters who led Nepal's worst upheaval in years.

Fifty-one people were killed and more than 1300 injured this week in the anti-graft protests by the "Gen Z" movement, named for the age of its mainly young supporters.

The protest was sparked by a social media ban that has since been rolled back.

The violence subsided only after Oli resigned on Tuesday.

Karki, 73, would take the oath of office at 9.15pm, said Archana Khadka Adhikari, information officer at th

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