Pakistan flooding spreads in Punjab and Sindh
"People here are saying they are not getting help from the army or the government"
Surging flood waters in Pakistan that have killed more than 1,500 people in the past week have spread to swathes of the centre and south of the country.
The UN says four million people have now been affected by the country's worst floods in nearly a century.
Ongoing monsoon rains and the swollen Indus river have caused thousands more to flee homes in its most populous province, Punjab.
In neighbouring Sindh province 350,000 people have been moved, officials say.
The number of affected districts in Punjab has reached seven, and flood warnings have been issued in five districts of Sindh to the south, the United Nations said.
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Adam Mynott BBC News, Nowshera
In this town in north-west Pakistan, the situation for thousands affected by the floods is grim. Nowshera took the full force of the flood waters as they came surging down the River Kabul, which runs through the centre of the town.
Dozens of people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless. Shock has turned to desperation as little or no government aid has reached the town.
Some food, clean water and medical supplies have been provided by local people, but nothing from the local or state authorities. About 10,000 homeless people have gathered on an open area of ground in front of a technical college in the town.
They are living in tents donated by an Islamic organisation, but in conditions of overwhelming squalor and filth. Things are getting worse every day.
Doctors, helping out under a tarpaulin to give them some protection from the fierce sun, say growing numbers of people, particularly children, are suffering from diarrhoea, skin diseases and malnutrition. Everyday that passes, the situation gets worse.
The human exodus continued on Thursday as yet more torrential rain fell.
In the worst affected areas, houses, shops, petrol pumps and small villages have been submerged.
Fleeing villagers have waded barefoot through water up to their necks and chests, carrying belongings on their heads.
In Punjab, known as Pakistan's "breadbasket" for its rich agriculture, more than 1,300 villages have been affected and at least 25,000 houses destroyed, said disaster relief officials in the province.
In large tracts of Kot Addu and nearby Layyah, water levels were so high only treetops were visible.
In Sindh province, many people were reportedly reluctant to heed official warnings to abandon their homes, even though dozens of villages have been submerged.
At a refugee camp in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North West Frontier) province, Tahir Shah, a doctor, said: "Most patients coming to us are suffering from three or four waterborne diseases."
He said these were stomach problems, chest infections and skin problems, caused mainly by dirty flood water.
Meanwhile, weather forecasters warned of further downpours.
"The flood water is increasing at different points and we are expecting more rain in next 24 hours," Hazrat Mir, chief meteorologist for Punjab, told AFP.President scorned
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said about 100,000 people have been rescued.
The army has used boats and helicopters to evacuate stranded villagers to higher ground.
But government and civilian agencies have been struggling to get supplies to the worst affected areas.
Victims have bitterly accused the authorities of failing to come to their rescue and provide sufficient relief.
Particular scorn has been poured on President Asif Ali Zardari because he pressed ahead with a visit to Europe.
Mr Zardari is due to launch his son's political career on Saturday in the British city of Birmingham.
The disaster has piled yet more pressure on a cash-strapped administration struggling to contain Taliban violence and an economic crisis.
Meanwhile, local Islamic charities with unconfirmed links to militant groups have reportedly been stepping into the breach to help flood victims.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has sent a special envoy, Jean-Maurice Ripert, to Pakistan to help mobilise international support and aid flood victims.
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