Death toll from Pakistan floods nears 1,000

Almost 1,000 people have been killed and thousands more injured by flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan since mid-June (Asim Tanveer/AP)

Almost 1,000 people have been killed and thousands more injured by flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan since mid-June.

The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for international help in battling deadly flood damage in the impoverished Islamic nation.