Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

People displaying Nepal's national flag burn tyres during a demonstration to condemn the police's deadly crackdown on protesters in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025, a day after demonstrations over social media prohibitions and corruption by the government. Nepal rolled back its social media ban on September 9, a day after at least 19 people were killed in youth protests demanding that the government lift its restrictions and tackle corruption. All major social media apps were working, an AFP reporter in Kathmandu said, as the government ordered a probe into the violence that saw police launch one of the deadliest crackdowns on protesters for years. Prabin Ranabhat, AFP

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757834981932f02cc822c60521cef9c5d741bec8763dffbf08e388c4c0e824267f5424bd96da.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">People displaying Nepal&#x27;s national flag burn tyres during a demonstration to condemn the police&#x27;s deadly crackdown on protesters in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025. Prabin Ranabhat, AFP</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><p>KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal&#x27;s new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters&#x27; demands to &quot;end corruption&quot; as she began work as interim prime minister, after &quot;Gen Z&quot; youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/9/10/gen-z-movement-nepal-protesters-set-parliament-ablaze-as-pm-quits-1000">Gen Z movement: Nepal protesters set parliament ablaze as PM quits</a></div><p>&quot;We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation,&quot; said Sushila Karki, in her first public comments since taking office on Friday.</p><p>&quot;What this group is demanding is end of corruption, good governance and economic equality,&quot; she added. &quot;You and I have to be determined to fulfill that.&quot;</p><p>The 73-year-old former chief justice held a minute&#x27;s silence on Sunday for those killed in the unrest, before meetings began in the key government complex of Singha Durbar—where several buildings were set on fire during mass protests on Tuesday.</p><p>At least 72 people were killed in two days of protests, and 191 injured, the government&#x27;s chief secretary Eaknarayan Aryal said Sunday, increasing an earlier toll of 51.</p><p>It was the worst unrest since the end of a decade-long civil war and the abolition of the monarchy in 2008.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;FROM THE STREETS&#x27;</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The appointment of Karki, known for her independence, came after intense negotiations by army chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel and President Ram Chandra Paudel, including with representatives of &quot;Gen Z&quot;, the loose umbrella title of the youth protest movement.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/9/10/slideshow-nepal-army-bids-to-restore-order-after-deadly-protests-oust-pm-1711">SLIDESHOW: Nepal army bids to restore order after deadly protests oust PM</a></div><p>Thousands of young activists had used the Discord app to name Karki as their choice of next leader.</p><p>&quot;The situation that I have come in, I have not wished to come here. My name was brought from the streets,&quot; she said.</p><p>Parliament was dissolved and elections set for March 5, 2026, shortly after she was appointed.</p><p>&quot;We will not stay here more than six months in any situation, we will complete our responsibilities and pledge to hand over to the next parliament and ministers,&quot; she added, in a speech to the nation.</p><p>&quot;This is not possible without your support.&quot;</p><p>Workers put up a new signboard for the prime minister&#x27;s office in a building within the complex but which was not torched.</p><p>Paudel, who swore Karki into office, said late Saturday that &quot;a peaceful solution has been found through a difficult process&quot;.</p><p>Paudel called it a &quot;very difficult, complicated, and grave situation&quot; in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people.</p><p>&quot;I sincerely appeal to everyone to make the most of this opportunity... in making the election on March 5 a success,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>—By Paavan Mathema, Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GGSszun-5eY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xwTXkG6WUlI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.</p>

Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.

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New Nepal PM vows to follow protesters' demands to 'end corruption'

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Published Sep 14, 2025 03:31 PM PHT

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