IN BRIEF

Envoy appointed

KATHMANDU: The King has appointed Royal Nepali ambassador to Pakistan, Pushkar Man Singh Rajbhandari, ambassador to Afghanistan also. — RSS

Victims seek UN help

KATHMANDU: Members of the Association of the Sufferers of the Maoists Atrocities of Nepal, staging a sit-in outside the UN office on Wednesday, urged the latter to facilitate the release of arrested ASMAN staff. — HNS