Former prime minister and Nepali Congress (NC) president Girija Prasad Koriala passed away Saturday, Bal Krishna Khad, minister for irrigation and leader of the NC declares in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, March 20, 2010. File photo taken on May 26, 2008 shows Girija Prasad Koriala attending an activity in Kathmandu. [Photo:Xinhua/Gautam]
Former Nepali Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) president Girija Prasad Koirala passed away on Saturday afternoon at 12:10 p.m. local time, NC Central Committee declared.
The NC Central Working Committee (CWC) informed media's report about his death after medical doctors involved in Koirala's health check up handed them with his death certificate.
Koirala, 87 years old, four-time prime minister was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease since long time remained unconscious since Saturday morning.
Koirla was keenly involved in Nepal's political scenario for six decades. His dead body will be kept at Open Theater on Sunday before cremation, according to NC's CWC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba. |
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