A Pakistani SSP posted in Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Kashmir has written to the UN secretary-general that Pakistani occupation of that part of Kashmir is illegal. A 35-page report by Amir Hamza, now under suspension and fighting in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to save his job, did more than challenge the constitutional validity of Pakistani occupation: it gave a flavour of what life is like in the 28,000 square mile area under a rule "worse than (that of) the East India Company."