SWAT: At least two people, including a child, were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a result of the earthquake, rescue officials said.
“A 10-year-old girl in Swat, and a 24-year old man in Lower Dir died when the walls of their [respective] houses collapsed,” Bilal Faizi, spokesperson for the Rescue 1122 service.
More than 20 buildings have suffered damages due to the jolts, and scores of people have been injured,” he said.
Hospitals in the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province treated at least 250 patients, of whom 15 suffered minor injuries and more than 200 were unconscious. Fifty-two people were injured in other parts of the province, officials said.
Read more: Nine killed, several injured as 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan
