Pakistan raised the official death toll from last weekend's earthquake to 38,000 today and said it was likely to rise further, putting it on the same massive scale of destruction as the Quetta earthquake of 1935.
Between 30,000 and 60,000 people are estimated to have died in the Quetta quake, which almost destroyed the city completely, according to the US Geological Survey.
Last Saturday's quake was the strongest to hit South Asia in a century at 7.6 magnitude and compared to the 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran, in which 31,000 people were killed.
Pakistan military spokesman Shaukat Sultan said they had decided to raise the toll in Pakistani Kashmir and North West Frontier Province to 38,000 from 25,000 after confirming a higher death toll from remote mountain valleys and town of Balakot.
"This number is likely to further rise," Mr Sultan told Reuters.
Some 1,300 people are confirmed to have died in Indian Kashmir.
The number of injured in Pakistan has also been raised to 62,000 from 51,000, Mr Sultan said.