The southern Pakistani province of Balochistan has suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage due to devastation from flooding as damage to highways hampers relief efforts, the province's chief minister said on Monday.
In the north, residents and officials said villages were almost entirely cut off from the rest of the country due to destruction wrought by heavy rains.
"We are facing a lack of financial resources, tents and other relief goods and connectivity as all major highways is badly damaged ... hampering our relief efforts," he said, adding that his province needed more help from federal government departments to cope. Some initial analyses by economists have put the cost of the damage at $4 billion, though the foreign minister said it was likely higher.
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