Former Minister for General Administration Lal Babu Pandit has said that nearly 1,100 senior government officials are found to have been holding permanent resident status of foreign countries  or green cards.
Speaking at an interaction programme organised by the Reporter’s Club in the Capital on Sunday, Minister Pandit said the government has been working to prepare the list of officials having such documents. He informed that the ministry has been collecting names of Nepalis who have acquired Permanent Residency (PR) in foreign countries through Nepali embassies in the concerned countries.
“I will take action against those officials found to have been possessing long-term visa or green card during the checking of the type of visa and passport at the Tribhuvan International Airport,” said Pandit.
Minister Pandit informed that the ministry has received the go-ahead from the Cabinet to amend the Civil Servant Act in order to make provision for action against such the government officials.