The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee on Thursday refused to start hearing on the nomination of 14 ambassadors and asked the government to come of with a new list of nominees.

A meeting of the committee decided not to start hearing on the nominations as they were made by the previous seven-party government. The committee also asked the Foreign Ministry to produce a new list of nominees within a week.

The Maoists have opposed the nominations demanding their share in ambassadorial posts.

As per constitutional provisions, the government had sent the list of ambassadorial nominees, which was finalised seven months earlier, to the committee for hearing.

14 ambassadorial posts remain vacant for over a year.