Islamabad: The death toll from a flash flood in in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province rose to 43 on Sunday, with over 40 injured and scores of others missing, officials said.

The provincial National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that Chitral district was the worst hit area where 31 people were killed, Xinhua news agency reported. "The hill torrent washed away a mosque, a Pakistan army check post and nearby houses (35 full house damage, 47 partial house damage)," the NDMA said in a statement.