evidence: The IndoPakistani maritime dispute comprises two related issues the resolution of the land boundary in Sir Creek (a 38 km long estuary in the marshes of the Rann of Kutch) of the Gujarat (India) and Sindh (Pakistan) provinces, as well as the delineation of the maritime boundary seaward within the territorial sea and beyond. A reasonable and satisfactory solution to this dispute has eluded India and Pakistan for decades. Not only do both countries differ with each other on a solution on technical grounds, but Pakistans insistence on linking it to the dispute over Kashmir has made it impossible for a political resolution of the dispute. Whereas Pakistan also continues to directly link any resolution of the maritime boundary with that of the land boundary in Sir Creek, India continues to attempt to tackle both issues in a related, but separate, manner. However, with a view to concluding a mutually satisfactory agreement at an early date, Indias non-paper to Pakistan on Sir Creek in January 1994 stated that it was willing to enter into further discussions on the lines suggested by Pakistan. 7