Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif requested US President Donald Trump make a two-week extension to a deadline he imposed on Iran to end its blockade of Gulf oil.
Pakistan has been the main go-between for proposals shared by Iran and the United States, but there has been no sign of a compromise.
"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.
Sharif urged "all warring parties" to observe a ceasefire everywhere for two weeks "to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of war".
He added that diplomatic efforts to settle the war peacefully were "progressing steadily, strongly and powerfully with the potential to lead to substantive results in near future".
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