{"id":6154,"date":"2026-03-29T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:29:07","slug":"saarc-journalist-forum-sjf-congratulates-the-new-prime-minister-of-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6154","title":{"rendered":"SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF) Congratulates the New Prime Minister of Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">KATHMANDU\/DHAKA, March 29, 2026: SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF), the apex organization of journalists in South Asia, has extended its warmest congratulations to the newly appointed 47th Prime Minister of Nepal, Right Honorable Balendra (Balen) Shah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In a joint statement issued today, SJF President Raju Lama and Secretary General MD Abdur Rahman hailed his historic victory as the dawn of a new era in Nepalese politics. They noted that his rise as a visionary young leader is a significant inspiration for emerging leadership across the South Asian region.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6155 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1448\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD.jpeg 1448w, https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD-724x1024.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD-768x1086.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD-1086x1536.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD-750x1061.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Messenger_creation_45150CCF-E916-4AFF-BF06-68F52F06D8DD-1140x1612.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/>The leaders expressed their optimism that under Prime Minister Balen Shah\u2019s leadership, press freedom in Nepal will be further strengthened, and regional cooperation among journalists within the SAARC countries will reach new heights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8220;We believe that Nepal will move rapidly toward prosperity and political stability under his bold guidance,&#8221; the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The SAARC Journalist Forum remains dedicated to promoting peace, stability, and the practice of free journalism in South Asia. The organization wished the newly appointed Prime Minister a successful tenure and good health.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260329_083304_082.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU\/DHAKA, March 29, 2026: SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF), the apex organization of journalists in South Asia, has extended its warmest congratulations to the newly appointed 47th Prime Minister of Nepal, Right Honorable Balendra (Balen) Shah. In a joint statement issued today, SJF President Raju Lama and Secretary General MD Abdur Rahman hailed his historic victory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newspaper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774752372392.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6157,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6154\/revisions\/6157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}