The number of people died in Pakistan's earthquake has risen to 39,422 and that of injured was 65,038, national disaster response chief Major General Farooq Javed said Sunday.

"The number of confirmed dead has risen to 39,422, and the number of injured is 65,038," Javed told journalists in a press conference here.

The death toll was reported to reach 38,000 and the number of injured people was 62,000 when Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announced Saturday, but the number of casualties confirmed one day later raised by almost 1,500.

The devastating 7.6 Richter scale earthquake shook northern Pakistan on Oct. 8 has also left 3.3 million people homeless.

The Pakistani government and the international community have carried out relief works in the quake-stricken areas. But due to the damaged roads and communication difficulties, it's hard for relief teams and goods to reach some outlying places which partly led to the rising of the death toll.

A Pakistani military relief helicopter crashed in Bagh in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir Saturday in a bad weather and six army men were killed in the crash.

The crash took place when the helicopter was returning home after dropping relief goods to the quake-stricken areas in northern Pakistan.

Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf Sunday renewed appeal for the United Nations and international organizations to donate more as Pakistan is facing a national calamity and need help.

He thanked the international community and the UN agencies which have provided immediate assistance to his country.

Musharraf said the massive earthquake has caused immense loss of lives and property in the remote and inaccessible hilly areas of the North West Frontier Province and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

Source: Xinhua