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Pakistan Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Pakistan with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Pakistan Nation News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Pakistan.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=pk&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 174580,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0a3c900b07eb7359b140a32b80258aa0",
            "title": "Karachi mall fire exposes dangers of unchecked urban growth",
            "description": "Megacity currently has just nearly 1,000 trained firefighters, compared to required number of 15,000 to 20,000",
            "content": "Located in the heart of Karachi, Gul Plaza, a three-story shopping mall where generations found everything from imported crockery to the perfect pair of sandals, made headlines last month for all the wrong reasons.\nA massive fire ripped through the m... [6268 chars]",
            "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2590770/karachi-at-risk-gul-plaza-fire-exposes-dangers-of-unchecked-urban-growth",
            "image": "https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/aaa-canva-1200x900-231769014871-1/aaa-canva-1200x900-231769014871-1-640x480.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T14:33:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dcb907b246e9416f896f3c66fedfc7cd",
                "name": "The Express Tribune",
                "url": "https://tribune.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f66037222fae251481b8f7d877013f70",
            "title": "Pakistan deploys helicopters, drones to end standoff with Baloch rebels",
            "description": "Hundreds have been killed in the southwestern Balochistan province amid surge in rebel attacks.",
            "content": "Pakistan has deployed helicopters and drones to take control of a town in the mineral-rich western province of Balochistan from rebels amid ongoing fighting that has left dozens of security officials and civilians dead.\nPolice said on Wednesday that ... [2655 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/4/pakistan-deploys-helicopters-drones-to-end-standoff-with-baloch-rebels",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/afp_6983075ad95d-1770194778.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9d41b51dba4ef16158d16aa7660ee261",
            "title": "Four more years for Imran's attacker in illegal arms case",
            "description": "Convict already serving two life terms for 2022 assassination attempt on former premier",
            "content": "A court in Wazirabad has awarded an additional four-year sentence to Muhammad Naveed, already serving two life terms for the attack on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former premier Imran Khan, in a case of illegal possession of arms.\nJudi... [1594 chars]",
            "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2590744/four-more-years-for-imrans-attacker-in-illegal-arms-case",
            "image": "https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/imran-khan1758591716-3/imran-khan1758591716-3-640x480.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T11:12:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dcb907b246e9416f896f3c66fedfc7cd",
                "name": "The Express Tribune",
                "url": "https://tribune.com.pk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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