Pakistan News API

Get the live top 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.

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Request and live response

This request returns the current top 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=general&country=pk&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --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": "general", "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: "general",
    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" => "general",
    "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=general&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": 421932,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5468d6bdbf5a94bbf34f9fd903a45b9c",
            "title": "Punjab CM Maryam inaugurates development projects in Attock",
            "description": "LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated 127 development projects in Attock, including 59 road construction and rehabilitation schemes worth Rs 23",
            "content": "LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated 127 development projects in Attock, including 59 road construction and rehabilitation schemes worth Rs 23 billion, during her visit to the district on Tuesday. The inaugurated projects al... [2721 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nation.com.pk/04-Nov-2026/punjab-cm-maryam-inaugurates-development-projects-attock",
            "image": "https://www.nation.com.pk/assets/thenation_202006/images/no-image-large.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:39:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5e331ca39104c898285cf9f72e2e2e65",
                "name": "The Nation (Pakistan )",
                "url": "https://www.nation.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "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": "caba45e3d054c651b8e95dd6f3ee4edc",
            "title": "Top takeaways from the US midterm elections",
            "description": "Americans went to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.",
            "content": "WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Americans went to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.\nHere are some early takeaways from the elections.\nSign up he... [2948 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/takeaways-us-midterm-elections-2026-11-04/",
            "image": "https://www.reuters.com/resizer/v2/B26P27BFOZMVJJCPMJ36OGVMJE.jpg?auth=529840b1bdb8c20bfbecd595de728c78359b54f1b5092bbd8a37a3f8e909c490&height=1005&width=1920&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "880922db02816158732477822da6d07f",
                "name": "Reuters",
                "url": "https://www.reuters.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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