evidence: In itself, the Sir Creek dispute between India and Pakistan was considered the most "doable". Now, however, with the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi , demanding a freeze on the issue, the matter has become complicated. The actual dispute on where the boundary between India and Pakistan lies on Sir Creek , a 96-km water body that empties out into the Arabian Sea from the Rann of Kutch, is not very major - involving 100-150 sq. km. of a swamp that remains flooded through half the year. [...] "Sir Creek is just a piece of marshy land of little consequence," says former Navy chief Arun Prakash, "of far greater significance is the need to demarcate the maritime boundary between India and Pakistan." According to him, we should place the Sir Creek issue "in cold storage" and work out a way to determine our maritime boundary because under the UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS), India and Pakistan can claim up to 350 nautical miles (648 km) of exclusive economic zone out into the sea. But if they fail, theoretically a third party could step in and make a claim.