The program, “Tough Talk” is a weekly talk show in Kantipur Television. Most of the interviewees are invited in the program to talk about the various matters related to the political as well as the holistic talks with the interviewee. Dil Bhusan Pathak is a Nepali journalist and filmmaker.
Professor of international law at Leeds University UK and Chairman of Global Policy Forum Nepal, Surya Prasad Subedi, has suggested Nepal government to move to the international judicial body against India for its recent treatment towards Nepal.At a daylong conference in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Professor Subedi said the economic embargo India has imposed on Nepal has violated Nepal’s rights to trade and transit as a landlocked country. So, Nepal could seek help of international law on it, he underscored. “Section 125 to 132 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea-1982 mention well about the rights of a landlocked country like Nepal. It is better to take help from it now,” said Professor Subedi.Moreover, he said Nepal should not delay in making a position paper on whether the exiting crisis is a ‘blockade’ or not and inform the international community accordingly.Other arguments he made are- both Nepal and India are the members of the WTO, and India has violated section 7 of the 1950 Peace Treaty between the two countires with this blockade. “The blockade is morally, diplomatically and legally unacceptable,” remarked the expert.
