Pakistan Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Pakistan with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

Get API key

Request and live response

This request returns the current top nation headlines from Pakistan. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=pk&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=pk" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "pk", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "pk",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "pk",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=pk&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 241688,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b0f978a7d42895f1dd14bbcc0c92c75e",
            "title": "CM distributes laptops, scholarships among students",
            "description": "LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday attended a laptop and Honhar Scholarship distribution...",
            "content": "LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday attended a laptop and Honhar Scholarship distribution ceremony at Comsats University in Attock, where students from Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were also among the beneficiaries.\nStudents fr... [1848 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40447279/cm-distributes-laptops-scholarships-among-students",
            "image": "https://i.brecorder.com/large/2024/08/66be95adaeab2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:25:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "afe8a257a88cf3405af1c3c278354490",
                "name": "Business Recorder",
                "url": "https://www.brecorder.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bea27f7a0c639f3337100afef92d14a4",
            "title": "'Imran knew of governor's rule in K-P'",
            "description": "'Imran knew of governor's rule in K-P'",
            "content": "RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD:\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Tuesday said that party founder Imran Khan was fully aware of the imposition of governor's rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, rejecting reports that he ... [2328 chars]",
            "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2638524/imran-knew-of-governors-rule-in-k-p",
            "image": "https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/2231793729926-0/2231793729926-0-640x480.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:10:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dcb907b246e9416f896f3c66fedfc7cd",
                "name": "The Express Tribune",
                "url": "https://tribune.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e6c6be13495662b1d5527a08854cab26",
            "title": "Gohar refutes reports of Imran welcoming end of provincial government",
            "description": "Says all PTI lawmakers in K-P remain loyal to Imran, dismisses reports of a forward bloc within the party",
            "content": "PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Tuesday rejected media reports suggesting that party founder Imran Khan had welcomed the end of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government, saying he had made no such statement during his meeting at Adiala jail with Ba... [7246 chars]",
            "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2638476/gohar-refutes-reports-of-imran-welcoming-end-of-k-p-government",
            "image": "https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/2231793729926-0/2231793729926-0-640x480.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:17:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dcb907b246e9416f896f3c66fedfc7cd",
                "name": "The Express Tribune",
                "url": "https://tribune.com.pk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Missing a source from Pakistan? Suggest a source.

Pakistan Nation News API

Categories

Request and live response