Maritime dispute between India and Pakistan

The India-Pakistan relations have been far from normal due to the events leading to the partition of India in 1947. The long historical ties among the various communities in the South Asian subcontinent turned extremely sour and hostile due to partition of the geographical area which was marked by the presence of different religions and communities not clearly demarcated in terms of territorial continuities.
The Indo-Pak relations have traditionally been seen from the prism of boundary disputes and military confrontation at the land borders in the North and North-west. However, the two countries also share maritime borders. They are vehemently at odds over Sir Creek, a 96-kilometre long water body that empties into the Arabian Sea from the Rann of Kutch. The conflict is centred on a wetland about 100–150 square kilometres that is perpetually under water. According to many experts, if the two countries' politicians show the necessary political will, this is probably the easiest conflict that they could resolve.
The irony is that it is the poor fishermen from both sides of the creek are paying the price for inadvertently crossing over to each other’s side. As a result of this transgression, they languish in jails for years in the absence of any proper legal aid. This dispute could prove to be a starting point to resolve other tricky issues between the two countries. This paper would take a look at the dispute and try to examine how this could be resolved and also discuss the hindrances in this regard.