Nepal, Nov. 3 -- Three of the 13 ambassadors nominated by the government have failed to make it through the parliamentary hearing process, while the remaining 10 nominees, whose names were endorsed by the Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC), are still awaiting agrement from their respective host countries.

The nomination of Jigyan Kumar Thapa for Japan was the latest to fall through after he withdrew his name on Monday, taking the number of nominees who have dropped out of the process to three.

Thapa formally withdrew his nomination by submitting a letter addressed to the Parliamentary Hearing Committee. During a committee meeting held at Singha Durbar on Monday, he initially verbally informed the committee that he was withdrawing hi...