Pakistan News API

Get the live top headlines from Pakistan with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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": 418884,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "61a1ded68df1176cd278644c297f91a7",
            "title": "Haiti sanctions renewed: Starving the gangs of bullets",
            "description": "Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises. Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing into rural areas, terrorising communities, killing people, committing rape and other sexual assaults, kidnapping for ransom and extorting individuals and businesses.",
            "content": "About 1.5 million people, roughly 12 per cent of the population, have been forced from their homes.\nHaiti makes no guns or ammunition of its own, yet the gangs never seem to run out.\nOn Wednesday, the UN Security Council renewed sanctions meant to ch... [3898 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168598",
            "image": "https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/21-05-2026_WFP_Haiti-09.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:44:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "81925310763e66b0ad732998459fe288",
                "name": "UN News",
                "url": "https://news.un.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "22d6802b9139be0eea5278a8bf9ac332",
            "title": "Aaron Paul Pays Tribute to RJ Mitte With Video of Late Actor Talking About Mental Health",
            "description": "Aaron Paul honors former “Breaking Bad” co-star RJ Mitte by sharing a video of him talking about mental health.",
            "content": "This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources.\nAaron Paul is honori... [2582 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.today.com/popculture/news/aaron-paul-rj-mitte-death-tribute-breaking-bad-rcna603565",
            "image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_social_share_1200x630_center,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-10/aaron-paul-rj-mitte-lc-261014-c2eec6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:04:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1117f80119eb86a6871f82184716dc4c",
                "name": "TODAY.com",
                "url": "https://www.today.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "88969361df823822ff35600bdbd2bff4",
            "title": "Apple HomeView and Apple TV 4K: Preorder new smart home gear on Amazon",
            "description": "Pre-order Apple's new smart home lineup on Amazon: the HomeView smart display ($289.99) and the 4th-generation Apple TV 4K ($299) with Siri AI.",
            "content": "PREORDERS LIVE: Following Apple's major smart home reveal, Amazon preorders for the brand-new Apple HomeView Smart Display ($289.99) and the 4th-Gen Apple TV 4K ($299) are now live ahead of shipping on Nov. 13.\nApple is officially pivoting hard into ... [3863 chars]",
            "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/apple-homeview-apple-tv-4k-amazon-preorders",
            "image": "https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03mfaWkEMN5YbuAqvgLuD4f/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1791985789.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:53:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46629ea6ebf50ca97b330731a94e40b7",
                "name": "Mashable",
                "url": "https://mashable.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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