Kathmandu, April 15 -- Lawmakers from both houses are likely to regain personal secretaries, as the Federal Parliament Secretariat has initiated a process to reinstate the provision.

A meeting of the Secretariat Operation and Management Committee of the Federal Parliament on Monday decided to move with reinstating the facility scrapped by the Sushila Karki-led interim government. The committee agreed to recommend that the government begin defining the qualifications for personal secretaries for lawmakers and office-bearers.

The meeting, chaired by Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal, also decided to write to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to request necessary legal arrangements for the provision.

"The secretariat has asked...