Overview
- In an October interview with ANI, John Kiriakou said Pakistan would lose a conventional war against India and clarified he was not discussing nuclear scenarios.
- He says a formal letter attributed to PTI president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi condemned his remarks and demanded an immediate apology to Imran Khan, party members, and the people of Pakistan.
- Kiriakou says he replied by email with a vulgar dismissal of the demand and reports he has not heard back from PTI.
- He reports receiving heavy online abuse and numerous death threats after his comments about the military balance.
- The latest coverage is based on Kiriakou’s account on a podcast uploaded November 18, with no independent documentation of the letter or public PTI response cited in these reports.