The Supreme Court in Nepal has ordered a halt to the recall of nearly a dozen ambassadors, a lawyer said on Monday (November 3), in a setback for Prime Minister Sushila Karki and her interim government.

Karki, a former chief justice who was appointed as the country’s first woman leader in September after deadly anti-corruption protests, recalled 11 ambassadors to countries including China, the United States, Britain and Japan, who were appointed by her predecessor KP Sharma Oli.

In seeking the envoys’ removal, the government said it was not satisfied with their performance.

"The government could not justify its charges against the ambassadors in the court," Ananta Raj Luitel, an independent lawyer who challenged Karki’s decision, told Reuters.

Luitel said all ambassadors would continue

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