Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday recommended the names of five new ministers. The interim cabinet already has four ministers, including herself.

According to sources at the Prime Minister’s Office, Anil Kumar Sinha will be given three portfolios—Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply; Law and Justice; and Land Reforms, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation. Mahabir Pun will be appointed the minister for education and science and technology and Madan Prasad Pariyar agriculture minister while Jagdish Kharel will be assigned the information and communications portfolio.

President Ramchandra Paudel will appoint Sangeeta Mishra the health minister. Mishra was until recently an additional secretary at the health ministry.

Sinha is a former Supreme Court justice. Kharel is the head of news at Image Media Group. Senior climate and agriculture expert Pariyar serves as the president of Samata Foundation, a non-profit that works for social justice and inclusiveness. He previously coordinated the high-level state restructuring commission of the Constituent Assembly.

Pun, the winner of the Roman Magsaysay Award, has long been active in the development of science and research in Nepal. He currently leads the National Innovation Centre.

The three serving ministers in the Karki cabinet are: Rameshore Khanal (minister for finance), Kulman Ghising (minister for energy, water resources and irrigation) and Om Prakash Aryal (minister for home affairs).

Separately, two weeks after the Gen Z uprising, the interim government on Sunday constituted a high-level commission to probe the incidents of killing, arson and vandalism. The protests had turned violent, and caused a huge loss of lives and property.

The judicial inquiry commission led by Gauri Bahadur Karki, former chair of the Special Court, will investigate police atrocities against youths and incidents of arson and vandalism of private and public properties on September 8 and 9.

The panel has Bigyan Raj Sharma, former additional inspector general of Nepal Police, and legal expert Bisheshwor Prasad Bhandari as members. The commission has got three months to complete the investigation and submit its report to the government.

“The last Cabinet meeting had agreed to form the commission,” said Om Prakash Aryal, the home minister. “Today's [Sunday] meeting finalised it.”

While assuming office on September 14, Prime Minister Karki had vowed to probe the killings of youths while also promising action against those involved in vandalising and setting fire to public and private properties.