Rescue operations in full swing as quake death toll hits 365

Pakistani soldiers distribute food to earthquake victims in Lower Dir district of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on October 27, 2015. [Photo/IC]

The provincial government has dispatched 2,000 tents, 1,000 blankets and 2,000 floor mats to quake-hit areas, Information Minister of KPK Mushtaq Ghani said.

He also said the provincial government would provide a compensation money of 300,000 rupees (about $3,000) to the families of the killed.

An MI-17 helicopter will carry out rescue operation in the remote areas and a nine-bed mobile hospital with a team of surgeons has been dispatched to KPK province, said the NDMA.