Tuesday, February 14, 2012: Azhar Javed, former editor of literary journal Takhleeq and daily Imroze; in Lahore

January 17, 2012: Mukarram Khan Atif, of Dewa Radio, a Pashto language radio channel of the Voice of America and a reporter for Dunya TV; shot dead while saying his evening prayersby two Taliban gunmen. 

Monday, January 9, 2012: Shoaib Abbasi, former president of Mardan Press Club; after a protracted illness