Pakistan News API

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

Get API key for the Pakistan 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 383274,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e80be8e852f07744a814f49cb156a4e8",
            "title": "How digital magazines have influenced African literary networks",
            "description": "Ayobami Adebayo talks about being a writer and literary judge and about her PhD in Digital Humanities.",
            "content": "Ayobami Adebayo talks about being a writer and literary judge and about her PhD in Digital Humanities.\nThe PhD is an incredible opportunity to spend time investigating the impact of digital-born magazines. I have always loved studying and I have miss... [9669 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/how-digital-magazines-have-influenced-african-literary-networks/",
            "image": "https://www.gatescambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/rsz_aa_wales_1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T09:23:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "508ffdbfc9f605ad1105a52b817202aa",
                "name": "gatescambridge.org",
                "url": "https://www.gatescambridge.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "688b66dd639848eca07772460af45373",
            "title": "Pakistan to replace ₨140 billion gas subsidy system with BISP",
            "description": "Govt commits to end consumption-based gas subsidies by January 2027 as all consumers likely to pay uniform average tariff of ₨1,750 per MMBtu",
            "content": "Pakistan has agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to phase out the existing gas cross-subsidy structure worth around ₨140 billion and introduce a targeted support mechanism linked to household income through the Benazir Income Support Pr... [1559 chars]",
            "url": "https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/13/pakistan-to-replace-%E2%82%A8140-billion-gas-subsidy-system-with-bisp-linked-support-under-imf-deal/",
            "image": "https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Gas_meter.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T08:10:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a806bd658b76c266d2d7bbab5c5f6af",
                "name": "Profit by Pakistan Today",
                "url": "https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4306bcfff106997b4ac53e053ffd4f46",
            "title": "two people set to be released from hospital after hantavirus isolation",
            "description": "The passengers and crew will have spent 72-hours isolating at Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside.",
            "content": "Twenty-two people evacuated from a cruise ship after a hantavirus outbreak are set to start leaving a Liverpool hospital where they have been isolating since returning to the UK.\nThe passengers and crew who were on board the MV Hondius will have spen... [2357 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyp4nk09k1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/944d/live/94ffe280-4e94-11f1-b092-4797e4fbbf94.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T06:57:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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