Anonymous sources in newspapers of June 12

South Asia Check / June 13, 2016

Gorkhapatra report headlined “Joint secretaries transferred to the Defense Ministry are jobless” by Shambu Prasain datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in one instance: A joint secretary.

Nagarik report headlined “Land disputes mars Koirala memorial hospital” by Deepak Dahal datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in five instances: Sources in two different instances, source associated to the Ministry of Health, officials from the Ministry of Health and a source.

Nagarik report headlined “Extreme black market in sugar” by Dilip Paudel datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in one instance: A staff at the Salt Trading Corporation.

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