Court Halts ANFA Senior Vice President Candidacy Pending Review of Drug Conviction

Kathmandu. The Patan High Court has issued a short-term interim order immediately halting the candidacy of Dawa Lama, a contender for the Executive Senior Vice President position of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA).A single bench of Justice Tejendra Prasad Sharma Sapkot issued the order to suspend Lama's candidacy. Hearing the writ filed by Deepak Khatiwada, the court determined that further discussion is necessary regarding whether Lama's candidacy should remain valid, given that he was previously convicted in a drug case.The court order stated, 'As it appears that respondent Dawa Lama was convicted in a brown heroin drug case by...