The stories below were selected based on the number of visits to individual articles, representing what visitors to the Tribune website considered vital reads for 2012.
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Over 100,000 views
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Diligent student compiles list of 780,000 porn sites for PTA to ban – Web Desk
Who knows pornography better than a teenage boy?
Veena Malik denies nude photo shoot for FHM – Web Desk
Shot with clothes on!
The water car fraud – Pervez Hoodbhoy
Our media is chasing spectacle, not truth
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50,000-100,000 views
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HEC releases Pakistan's top universities lists – Web Desk
Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad leading
Veena Malik's 'holi' moment – Web Desk
Veena Malik played Holi for the first time in India
PTA approved: Over 1,000 porn sites blocked in Pakistan – Jahanzaib Haque
PTA has provided a list of 1,000 most frequented porn sites in Pakistan
Militancy: Progressive voice for tribal women silenced in attack – Asad Zia
In Farida Afridi’s death, women from the tribal belt have lost a fierce fighter
Ultimatum to US: ‘Criminalise blasphemy or lose consulate’ – Rana Tanveer
Around 10,000 people participated in the main rally
Teenage beauty queen 'stoned to death': Report – Web Desk
Controversy surrounds media reports in the wake of her death
Morning show host Maya Khan fired from Samaa TV – Taha Siddiqui/Web Desk
The morning show host blamed “a vicious media campaign by rival groups”
Miss China crowned Miss World 2012...in China - AFP
Miss China won the coveted title of Miss World, triumphing on home soil
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30,000-50,000 views
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Arfa Karim passes away: Whiz kid loses battle for her life – Aroosa Shaukat
16 years old, child prodigy, inspiration, youngest certified Microsoft Professional
If Malala survives, we will target her again: Taliban – Web Desk/Agencies
Will target her again if she survives because she is a “secular-minded lady”
Punjab announces 32,000 vacancies for teachers – Web Desk
first large scale recruitment by Punjab’s education sector in the past five years
Women paraded naked after ‘asking for girl’s hand in marriage’ for son – Owais Jafri
Jamila said that the men told her that they will teach her a lesson about honour
Bhoja Air crash in Rawalpindi: ‘No chance of survivors’ – Our correspondent/Agencies
All 127 people on board believed to be dead
Taliban 'revenge' attack on Kamra airbase – Shaheryar Popalzai/Nabil Ansari
Four suicide bombers had carried out the attack
Lucman, Bokhari run 'planted show' with Malik Riaz – Shaheryar Popalzai
What do you get when you leave the camera on during an ad break?
Pakistan’s first super model – Roland Borges
Rakhshanda’s love for Pakistan never died
The real Mahira – Anam Mansuri
Actress Mahira Khan writes obsessively
Pakistan maintains top slot in Google search for 'sex' – Web Desk
Number one slot for searching the term ‘sex’ globally for all years
11-year-old Christian girl accused of blasphemy – Qaiser Zulfiqar/Web Desk
The girl has been sent to a juvenile jail on judicial remand
Rs2.96 trillion budget for 2012-13 – Shaheryar Popalzai/Ema Anis/Ferya Ilyas
Scuffle broke out between PPP and PML-N parliamentarians during the speech
YouTube will not be unblocked anytime soon: Report – Web Desk
Officials determined not to unblock YouTube until anti-Islam video taken offline
Bhoja Air B4-213 crash: Passenger list – Web Desk
Number of adults: 110 - Children: 6 - Infants: 5
Cracks in PTI?: Qureshi vexed at Imran over by-poll boycott – Zia Khan
Some PTI leaders say Qureshi is angry at Imran for letting Gillani’s son win
Salma, Azfar and Naveen: A private or public affair? – Rafay Mahmood
After being married to Salma for 11 years, Azfar has tied the knot with Naveen Waqar
Aamir Khan to leave for Hajj – Web Desk
Khan was in Chicago shooting Dhoom 3 and returned to India
After 27 years at Engro, Asad Umar calls it a day – Farooq Tirmizi
Corporate Pakistan lost one of its most admired CEOs
Pakistani umpire denies relationship with Indian model – Web Desk
Asad Rauf admitted that his pictures with her are real
In Pakistan, underground parties push the boundaries - Reuters
“This is just epic,” says Numair Shahzada, bobbing his head to the beat
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