She has been advised to complete bed rest, and for Humaira, the immediate setback is a disruption to her studies.Liyaqat, said at least 8-9 shells fell in the area and the adjoining area on the night, damaging at least three houses, including his.Liyaqat’s house has been rendered unsafe for living by the shelling and he has appealed to the administration to provide him compensation for rebuilding the house.“I have spent my whole life earning a construction house and can’t rebuild it on my own. I need strong support from the government,” said Liyaqat, a shopkeeper and a father of four.According to Liyaqat, Surankote was considered a safe zone from Pakistani shelling.“Whenever shelling used to take place in the past, people living close to the border used to come here and stay here. But this time, no safe zones existed as the shells landed here as well as in Poonch town,” he said.Due to the shelling, people of the area moved to safer places in the villages and Jammu to escape the Pakistani troops’ shelling.Arif Hussain, who helped Liyaqat shift her injured daughter to the hospital, said that in the hospital, there was a war-like situation.“The doctors had shifted the patients admitted in the hospital under the beds and doctors, paramedics and attendants were very apprehensive as it was the first time that shells had landed in Surankote,” he said.After the shelling hit the myth of Surankote as a ‘safe zone’, there was panic all around with people fleeing from the area, and markets remained closed for about a week.
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