Nepal Protest: Amid escalating nationwide protests led by Nepal’s Gen-Z against corruption, former Chief Justice Sushila Karki is likely to be sworn in as the Interim Prime Minister as early as Friday afternoon.

A day earlier, Kulman Ghising, the former chief of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), who rose to prominence for ending the country’s notoriously long power cuts through drastic energy sector reforms, had emerged as a frontrunner for leading the interim government in the country.

The demonstrations by thousands of protesters were sparked on Monday by a short-lived government ban on social media, drawing a police crackdown in which officers opened fire. The protests began in Kathmandu and other major cities, including Pokhara, Butwal, and Birgunj.

Thirty-four people have been killed and over 1000 injured in clashes with security forces during the anti-corruption demonstrations across the country.

The death count from the ongoing Gen Z protests in the Kathmandu Valley has climbed to 34, as reported by The Himalayan Times, citing data released by the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal.

According to The Himalayan Times, over 1,368 people have been injured amid the protests across the country. Currently, 58 patients remain at the Trauma Centre, 48 at Civil Service Hospital, 35 at Kathmandu Medical College, 25 at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, and 26 at Birendra Military Hospital.