Your choice: Top stories of 2012
From Arfa to Malala, porn bans and cars running on water, 2012 has been a roller coaster year for Pakistan.
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