Anonymous sources in newspapers of May 12

South Asia Check / May 22, 2017

Annapurna Post report headlined “UN writes to government against impeachment: ‘Withdraw it’” by Santosh Ghimire datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in two instances: A source from The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and sources from Nepali mission in Geneva.

Kantipur report headlined “Rs 860 million being paid extra” by Balaram Baniya and Krishna Acharya datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in three instances: Government officials, knowledgeable source and officials from the Public Procurement Monitoring Office.

The Himalayan Times report headlined “Nepal clueless about how to benefit from India’s South Asia Satellite” by Lekhanath Pandey datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in two instances: a senior technical officer from Ministry of Information and Communication and a senior diplomat from Embassy of India.

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