US Edition‘Draft’ tag in Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s X post edit history raises questions
Screenshots of the post’s edit history showed a Draft label, fueling questions about whether the message was written outside the government.
- On April 7, 2026, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted a message urging President Donald Trump to extend an Iran deadline by two weeks, but a visible "Draft- Pakistan's PM Message on X" label in the edit history sparked immediate scrutiny.
- Viral screenshots of the post showed the "Draft- Pakistan's PM Message on X" notation, leading to widespread speculation that the text was written by external parties rather than Sharif's own government.
- Edit history reveals the post underwent rapid revisions within minutes, including reshuffling tagged U.S. officials, which critics suggest indicates the announcement was a copy-pasted template rather than a personal message from the Prime Minister.
- Following the request, President Trump announced on Tuesday night a two-week ceasefire with Iran, conditioning the pause on Tehran agreeing to a safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
- The controversy complicates Pakistan's diplomatic standing, as questions persist about whether Islamabad's messaging reflects independent policy priorities or external influence during critical talks with Washington and Tehran.
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Big Conspiracy Over Pakistan PM's Copy and Paste X Post on an Iran Deal
In an X post shared before Donald Trump’s announcement of a two-week ceasefire, Pakistan President Shehbaz Sharif urged the US president and Iran “for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East.” The controversy started when social media users flagged what appears to be an earlier version of the tweet with an extra phrase. “Draft – Pakistan’s PM Message on X.” That line was posted publicly before being hastily scrubbed within seco…
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Pakistan’s PM ceasefire message on X has extremely odd edit · American Wire News
While Tuesday evening’s abrupt U.S.-Iran ceasefire was seemingly negotiated in part thanks to help from Pakistan, critics have pointed to a weird discrepancy as proof that something fishy is going on. At 3:16 pm Tuesday afternoon, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted a tweet begging the American and Iranian governments to agree to a ceasefire. Diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East are progres…
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