New Delhi: More than 650 people have been killed in Quetta in the past 10 days. About two and a half lakh thousand people are homeless and 204 people missing as floods were unleashed by a cyclone.
The military has deployed six cargo aircraft and more than 20 helicopters to carry out rescue operations.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is yet to visit the affected areas. He has chaired a meeting of top civilian and military officials to take stock of the rescue operations.
Rescue and relief work continue in flood-hit areas of Pakistan.
The United Nations and other agencies offered aid and helicopters to Pakistan on Tuesday after floods unleashed by a cyclone and days of torrential rain devastated 1.5 million people.
Swathes of the normally desert Pakistani province of Baluchistan remain under water following the impact of Cyclone Yemyin last Tuesday plus heavy weekend monsoon rains.
Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said Pakistan had not sought international help but that the UN had offered helicopters and medicines.
"We have been approached by a number of countries, the UN particularly, regarding the kind of assistance that we require in the relief efforts," Aslam told a weekly briefing.
The last time Pakistan needed international aid was during the October 2005 South Asian earthquake, which killed 73,000 people and left more than three million homeless.
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