Rescuers backed by the military have evacuated nearly 100,000 people from a central Pakistani city after floodwaters submerged their homes and swept away farmland.

In the past 24 hours, more than 122,000 people have been moved from Jalalpur Pirwala, a city in eastern Punjab province, said Irfan Ali Kathia, director-general of the Punjab Disaster Management Authority.

Many sought shelter with relatives while others were staying in relief camps, he said.

In flooded districts, most said they received little or delayed aid.

The government insists it was carrying out rescue and relief operations simultaneously and that truckloads of supplies are sent daily.

Flooding triggered by weeks of torrential monsoon rains, cloudbursts and water releases from dams in neighbouring India had displaced

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