How pressure from the prime minister’s office is accelerating the passport investigation

Officials describe a Monday at Singha Durbar that left a constitutional body cornered, a foreign ambassador fuming, and a long-stalled investigation suddenly moving fast.

On a Monday morning in mid-June, officials from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority received an unusual summons: come to Singha Durbar. The request came from the Prime Minister’s secretariat, where Chief Secretary Suman Aryal helped coordinate the meeting.