Khalistan advocate Gopal Singh Chawla, confined to Gurdwara Chowa Sahib in Pakistan’s Punjab for over 2.5 years since mid-2023, has alleged house arrest and harassment by Pakistani authorities and ISI, who fabricated Indian threats to justify his isolation from family—limited to four brief meetings. He accuses political Sikh leader Ramesh Singh Arora of complicity and decries land mafias exploiting over 300 neglected gurdwaras, mirroring reports of only 37 of 1,817 minority sites operational due to state apathy. Ironic for Khalistani proponents who long viewed Pakistan as a steadfast anti-India ally, Chawla’s plight—echoing his 2019 ouster from the Sikh Gurdwara Committee —exposes Islamabad’s tactical, expendable support, betraying Sikh heritage while minorities face forced conversions and violence. From India’s security lens, this underscores Pakistan’s duplicity in proxy militancy, weakening separatist illusions amid eroding regional pluralism.