Anonymous sources in newspapers of November 5

South Asia Check / November 6, 2015

Nagarik report headlined “Oil import contract awarded arbitrarily to private firm” by Sujan Oli datelined Kathmandu has quoted three unnamed sources: A source, a source associated with Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), and a senior NOC official.

Nagarik report headlined “Injured referred to another hospital for commission” by Deepak Dahal datelined Kathmandu has quoted four unnamed sources: A source, another source, a junior doctor working at the emergency department of the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and a doctor working at the orthopedic department of the hospital.

Kantipur report headlined “We will not join dialogue committee: NC” by Kulchandra Neupane datelined Kathmandu has quoted one unnamed sources: A source.

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