Pro-Khalistan group SFJ offers $1 billion to join Trump's 'Board of Peace'

Karachi (Web Desk): Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a prominent organisation linked to the Khalistan movement, has announced what it describes as a major financial and political initiative at the international level aimed at achieving lasting peace in South Asia and the independence of Punjab.

In a virtual statement issued through the Karachi Press Club, the group’s General Counsel, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said SFJ is prepared to commit $1 billion to join US President Donald Trump-led “Board of Peace”, calling on President Trump.

Pannun referred to Punjab as the “Greenland of South Asia,” saying the region’s geography holds critical importance for global security.

He urged President Trump to use his peace vision to bring the Modi government to the negotiating table and help pave the way for a Khalistan referendum in Indian-administered Punjab.

The SFJ leader said that an independent and democratic Khalistan could emerge as the United States' (US) most significant strategic ally in the region.

The statement strongly criticised recent actions by the Indian government, alleging that more than 8,000 Sikh youths had been arrested on what it called baseless charges in Punjab within just the past week.

It further claimed that what it described as a campaign of genocide against Sikhs in India has been ongoing since 1950, citing Operation Blue Star and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as among the darkest chapters.

Pannun also praised what he termed the vision of regional stability held by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir, asserting that India has become a nuclear threat to the entire region, including Pakistan and Bangladesh.

He emphasized that SFJ is committed to a completely peaceful and democratic struggle, adding that more than two million Sikhs worldwide have so far cast votes in the referendum.

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun warned that if the international community fails to take notice of what he called state terrorism by the Modi government, a wave of violence could erupt in the region, for which the responsibility would fall on India.