Pakistani prime minister seeks two-week extension to Trump's deadline on Iran
April 7, 2026
Middle East Eye
Pakistani prime minister seeks two-week extension to Trump's deadline on Iran Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday requested that US President Donald Trump make a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks.
Pakistan, in all sincerity, requests the Iranian brothers to open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture, Sharif said in a post on X. Trump has given Iran until 8 pm EDT in Washington - 3:30 am in Tehran - to end its blockade of Gulf oil or see the US destroy “every bridge and power plant in Iran”.
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