Special Committee meet put off

KATHMANDU, June 30: The meeting of Special Committee for integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants scheduled for Thursday was put off citing Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal´s poor health.



Khanal, who heads the committee, is down with fever, according to PM´s press advisor Surya Thapa. [break]



The committee has failed to meet regularly since last Tuesday due to conflicting stances of parties on key issues.



Earlier, the parties had agreed to hold the committee meeting every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday to sort out contentious issues related to army integration and rehabilitation.



Maoist members of the Special Committee had chosen to remain absent in the previous four meetings.



Though the parties initially agreed to accomplish the task of handover of the Maoist arms to the government and integrating and rehabilitating the combatants by August 27, they have failed to work as per the calendar.

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