Claim
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed after World Bank mediation in 1960 by India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's President Field Marshal Ayub Khan.
“भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच में एक संधि साइन हुई इंडस वाटर ट्रीटी और उस वक्त भारत के प्रधानमंत्री कौन थे जवाहरलाल नेहरू... पाकिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति फील्ड मार्शल अयूब खान... दोनों ने साइन किए।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Every element of the claim checks out: the Indus Waters Treaty was signed on 19 September 1960 in Karachi, after roughly nine years of negotiations mediated by the World Bank (which is also a signatory), by India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's President Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Primary sources (World Bank documents) and standard references agree; no fact-checker disputes any part of this.
Evidence
- https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/sar/brief/fact-sheet-the-indus-waters-treaty-1960-and-the-world-bank World Bank fact sheet confirms the treaty was signed in 1960 after nine years of World Bank-brokered negotiations, with the Bank itself a signatory ✓ reachable · archived
- https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/127721589378651773/pdf/Announcement-of-Indus-Water-Treaty-Signed-on-September-19-1960.pdf World Bank's contemporaneous announcement of the treaty signing on 19 September 1960 ✓ reachable · archived
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty Confirms the treaty was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President (Field Marshal) Ayub Khan, with World Bank mediation ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.britannica.com/event/Indus-Waters-Treaty Britannica corroborates the 1960 signing, the signatories, and the World Bank's mediating role ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403