{"id":2588209,"date":"2026-04-07T18:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistan-pleads-for-two-week-deadline-delay-in-us-strikes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:11:43","slug":"pakistan-pleads-for-two-week-deadline-delay-in-us-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistan-pleads-for-two-week-deadline-delay-in-us-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan pleads for two-week deadline delay in US strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpakistan-pleads-for-two-week-deadline-delay-in-us-strikes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pakistan&#8217;s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appealed to President Donald Trump via social media to extend teh two-week deadline and to have Iran open the Strait of Hormuz for that period as a goodwill gesture, to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >give diplomatic efforts time<\/a> to ending the war. Pakistan has been mediating between the White House and Tehran with support from Egypt and Turkey, and Sharif calls for a total two-week ceasefire to allow negotiators to reach a conclusive termination of the conflict. The White House says Trump has been made aware of the proposal and will respond. Trump has warned of severe consequences if Iran does not capitulate, while Iran has pledged to defend itself and take proportionate measures if attacked. The reports about talks have been mixed, with some outlets suggesting Iran walked away from negotiations and others indicating a potential but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-question-nexstar-tegna-merger\/\" title=\"Senators question Nexstar-Tegna merger\">uncertain path forward<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pakistan pleads with Trump to extend Iran &lsquo;civilization&rsquo; deadline two weeks in return for Iran opening Strait of Hormuz<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2554241\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The prime minister of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a> is begging President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to postpone his bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, simultaneously pleading for the Trump regime to open up the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> as a gesture of good faith.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz Sharif <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CMShehbaz\/status\/2041596151108137363\">published the plea to social media<\/a> on Tuesday afternoon, claiming that &ldquo;diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war&rdquo; are &ldquo;progressing steadily, strongly and powerfully.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks,&rdquo; Sharif wrote. &ldquo;Pakistan, in all sincerity, requests the Iranian brothers to open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Pakistan has been serving as a mediator for negotiations between the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> and Tehran, with support from teams in Egypt and Turkey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the Gaza International Peace Summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo\/Amr Nabil)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sharif has additionally requested that &ldquo;all warring parties&rdquo; observe a total ceasefire &ldquo;for two weeks to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of the war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that &ldquo;the president has been made aware of the proposal, and a response will come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump warned Tuesday morning that without capitulation from the Iranian regime, &ldquo;a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want that to happen, but it probably will,&rdquo; the president said, having previously specified that the U.S. military will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-kelly-says-same-strikes-he-flew-as-pilot-now-illegal-when-trump-orders-them\/\" title=\"Mark Kelly Says Same Strikes He Flew as Pilot Now &#039;Illegal&#039; When ... Orders Them\">target power plants<\/a> and bridges to cripple the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Sharif claimed there is reason to believe that the latest round of talks carries &ldquo;potential to lead to substantive results in near future&rdquo; and that the mutual agreement would give negotiators time to inch closer to a permanent solution.<\/p>\n<p>Reports out of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> and Pakistan have been messy throughout the day, with outlets such as the <em>New York Times<\/em> and <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>claiming that the Iranian regime has totally <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4517144\/iran-rejects-ceasefire-proposal-trump-strait-of-hormuz-deadline\/\">walked away from the negotiating table<\/a> in response to the president&rsquo;s bellicose rhetoric. <em>Axios<\/em> claimed that White House officials see a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/07\/iran-negotiations-trump-threat-progress\">glimmer of hope<\/a> but require more time to iron out the details.<\/p>\n<p>It would not be the first time that Trump has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4518960\/will-trump-delay-deadline-attacks-iran-power-plants-done-four-times-before\/\">delayed strikes<\/a> on Iranian infrastructure. The president has repeatedly threatened and then walked back such plans since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has kept up a strong posture against Trump&rsquo;s threats of annihilation, telling the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"110\">United Nations<\/a> Security Council session on Tuesday that Trump&rsquo;s remarks &ldquo;constitute incitement to war crimes and potentially genocide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4518912\/iran-regional-power-grids-damage\/\">STRIKES ON IRAN&rsquo;S POWER PLANTS WOULD DEAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO REGIONAL POWER GRIDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Iran will not stand idle in the face of such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-vows-proportionate-response-if-trump-attacks-power-plants\/\" title=\"... vows &#039;proportionate&#039; response if ... attacks ...\">egregious war crimes<\/a>. It will exercise, without hesitation, its inherent right of self-defense and will take immediate and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4519189\/iran-vows-proportionate-response-trump-follows-through-threat\/\">proportionate reciprocal measures<\/a>,&rdquo; Iranian representative to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani said.<\/p>\n<p>Iravani claimed that Tehran has rejected the U.S. ceasefire proposals and will only agree to a total end to hostilities with guarantees that another conflict will not follow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan asks Trump to delay Iran strike for two weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2588210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25286666862283.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3817,73309,16182,74827],"class_list":["post-2588209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-diplomacy","tag-international-news-2","tag-pakistan","tag-us-strikes-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25286666862283.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588213,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588209\/revisions\/2588213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}