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": 389400,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "392b6f199adc48d9a363a666b3ae37f9",
            "title": "WASA officials booked for unsafe underground drain construction",
            "description": "Rawalpindi - Ganjmandi police have booked two officers of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) for showing negligence in construction of an underground drain on Hamilton",
            "content": "Rawalpindi - Ganjmandi police have booked two officers of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) for showing negligence in construction of an underground drain on Hamilton Road, posing risk for general public in the area. Mirza Sajjad Haider, area circle... [1154 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nation.com.pk/08-May-2026/wasa-officials-booked-unsafe-underground-drain-construction",
            "image": "https://www.nation.com.pk/assets/thenation_202006/images/no-image-large.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T06:50:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5e331ca39104c898285cf9f72e2e2e65",
                "name": "The Nation (Pakistan )",
                "url": "https://www.nation.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ea7f757f830e79dbd577fbe47efbd07a",
            "title": "Islamabad police claim 30pc drop in crime rate in 2026",
            "description": "ISLAMABAD - Islamabad police have claimed an overall 30 percent reduction in crime in the federal capital during the first four months of the ongoing year.They said",
            "content": "ISLAMABAD - Islamabad police have claimed an overall 30 percent reduction in crime in the federal capital during the first four months of the ongoing year.\nThey said Islamabad police continued impartial and effective actions against criminal elements... [2013 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nation.com.pk/08-May-2026/islamabad-police-claim-30pc-drop-crime-rate-2026",
            "image": "https://www.nation.com.pk/assets/thenation_202006/images/no-image-large.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T06:33:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5e331ca39104c898285cf9f72e2e2e65",
                "name": "The Nation (Pakistan )",
                "url": "https://www.nation.com.pk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d198c86cf1faeb6237ce6333609b27b6",
            "title": "Rubio meets Pope Leo as US stresses Vatican ties",
            "description": "Marco Rubio met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican as the US said the talks were friendly and highlighted strong ties with the Holy See.",
            "content": "VATICAN CITY: The US State Department underlined its \"strong relationship\" with the Vatican on Thursday after talks between top diplomat Marco Rubio and Pope Leo XIV, following Donald Trump's astonishing attack on the first US pontiff.\n\"The conversat... [758 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/08/rubio-meets-pope-leo-as-us-stresses-strong-vatican-ties",
            "image": "https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/391778191152-2/391778191152-2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T06:03:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "42f01186ca43680b240acb0cb5600463",
                "name": "Pakistan Today",
                "url": "https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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