Pakistan seeks 2-week extension to Trump's deadline on Iran

Pakistan, a mediator between the U.S. and Iran, on Wednesday requested that U.S. President Donald Trump grant a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran is positively reviewing Pakistan's request for a two-week ceasefire. The White House said Trump is aware of Pakistan's proposal, saying a response will come. "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," Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a post on X. Sharif's comments come after Trump, in a social media post that shocked world leaders, said that "a whole civilization will die tonight" Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) in Washington — 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday in Tehran — to end its blockade of Gulf oil or see the U.S. destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran. Sharif urged "all warring parties" to obse

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