{"id":21151,"date":"2026-04-08T14:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21151"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:12:47","slug":"trump-responds-to-deadline-extension-request-says-awaiting-full-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21151","title":{"rendered":"Trump Responds to Deadline Extension Request, Says Awaiting Full Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"81f0c2d4-051d-47a3-a03c-7343bdd6b372\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1520\">\n<p data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1702\"><strong>US President Donald Trump has responded to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s request for a two-week extension of the deadline for Iran, adopting a cautious stance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1906\">According to media reports, President Trump stated that he has not yet received a complete briefing on the issue but added that he knows Shehbaz Sharif well and considers him a highly respected figure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1908\" data-end=\"2170\">The US President made these remarks during a brief conversation with American journalist Jacqui Heinrich, where he said that the situation remains sensitive and intense negotiations are currently underway, he cannot share further details at this stage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2172\" data-end=\"2505\">It is worth noting that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had appealed to President Trump to grant a two-week extension in the deadline for Iran. In his statement, he said that diplomatic efforts are continuing effectively for a peaceful resolution of the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, and positive developments are expected soon.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2507\" data-end=\"2699\">The Prime Minister further urged that diplomacy should be given a chance and strongly requested a two-week extension in the deadline, while also calling on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2701\" data-end=\"2929\">It is important to note that only a few hours remain before the US President&#8217;s deadline for Iran, while countries including Pakistan, T\u00fcrkiye, and Egypt are actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2931\" data-end=\"3005\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has responded to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s request for a two-week extension of the deadline for Iran, adopting a cautious stance. According to media reports, President Trump stated that he has not yet received a complete briefing on the issue but added that he knows Shehbaz Sharif well and considers him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[11750,5271,2116,149,2856,1634],"class_list":["post-21151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-deadline","tag-diplomacy","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21153,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21151\/revisions\/21153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}