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Pakistan PM asks Trump to extend Iran deadline by 2 weeks, calls on Tehran to open strait during that period
The Times of Israel ^ | 04/07/2026 | Staff

Posted on 04/07/2026 1:06:52 PM PDT by thegagline

Pakistan’s prime minister asks US President Donald Trump to postpone his deadline for Iran by two weeks and implement a truce for that same period, also urging Tehran to allow maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz during that time.

“To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks,” writes Shehbaz Sharif, whose government is serving as a mediator between Iran and the United States.

“Pakistan, in all sincerity, requests the Iranian brothers to open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture,” he writes on X.

“We also urge all warring parties to observe a ceasefire everywhere for two weeks to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of war, in the interest of long-term peace and stability in the region,” Sharif writes.

The Pakistani premier says that efforts to end the conflict are “progressing steadily, strongly and powerfully.”

In an expletive-laden post earlier this week, Trump warned that the US would attack power plants and bridges in Iran starting Tuesday evening if the Islamic Republic failed to reopen the key waterway. The US president’s deadline is set to expire at 8 p.m. EST.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deadlines; epicfury; extensions; no; nono; nonono; notaco; secondchances; ultimatums

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1 posted on 04/07/2026 1:06:52 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

No


2 posted on 04/07/2026 1:08:31 PM PDT by Mr. K (no i think 10%consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: thegagline

Sure, billion dollar sips will simply trust that the strait is open, after all, Tehran never lies


3 posted on 04/07/2026 1:10:37 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: thegagline

Nah, time to end this. Show your cards


4 posted on 04/07/2026 1:10:42 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: thegagline

Negotiating on X?!

Desperate much.


5 posted on 04/07/2026 1:11:20 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: thegagline

So Iran can acquire more anti aircraft missiles? Yeah, no. Unless you are offering to use your own pilots to carry out attacks, Mr. Prime Minister.


6 posted on 04/07/2026 1:11:45 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: wiseprince

It won’t happen. There will be a last minute deal, or there will be a delay.


7 posted on 04/07/2026 1:12:19 PM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: thegagline

2 weeks while they re-arm. Hell no.


8 posted on 04/07/2026 1:12:42 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: thegagline

Will it be taco Tuesday?


9 posted on 04/07/2026 1:13:09 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: thegagline

Really bad idea. They are only stalling to rearm and hope that the rest of the world hurts enough to stop Trump.


10 posted on 04/07/2026 1:13:50 PM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: thegagline

Pakistan is not our friend.


11 posted on 04/07/2026 1:18:40 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: thegagline

“The Iranian brothers”. Ok


12 posted on 04/07/2026 1:19:54 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: thegagline

Truces don’t work within what remains of 60 days.

Sorry.


13 posted on 04/07/2026 1:20:44 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Agatsu77
Yes, this.

Here's a search result from online a i...

North Vietnam took advantage of pauses in the fighting to re-arm and regroup, particularly after the 1968 Tet Offensive and during the period following the Paris peace accords in 1973. This allowed them to prepare for subsequent military offensives against South Vietnam.

14 posted on 04/07/2026 1:20:47 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: thegagline

Just my guess this request is already agreed to.


15 posted on 04/07/2026 1:20:53 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: thegagline

Don’t do it. Iran is delay, delay to build more munitions and make oil money. Keep the pressure on them whatever means necessary.


16 posted on 04/07/2026 1:22:15 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: thegagline
Absolutely, give them two more weeks because the last 10 days have been so productive.

Anything to get to the 60 day time limit to allow Iran's buddies in the US to shut the war down.

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17 posted on 04/07/2026 1:22:20 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: Williams

I think you are correct.


18 posted on 04/07/2026 1:24:23 PM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: rdcbn1

There is no 60-day limit.


19 posted on 04/07/2026 1:26:21 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: thegagline
Oh, thank goodness y'all! Pakistan has weighed in with a pearl of wisdom! Shirley we can all listen to their cooler heads, right?



(and don't call me Shirley.)
20 posted on 04/07/2026 1:28:44 PM PDT by servo1969
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