Around 30 houses were demolished in the rainstorm caused by continuous heavy rainfall that began late yesterday and were concentrated mainly in the northwestern province of Khybher Pakthunkwa.
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Worshipers were offering taraweeh, the extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night during Ramadan, he said.
Osama Ahmad Warraich, deputy commissioner of Chitral, said that at least 11 people were still missing.
Rescue and relief operations were underway, he added.
About 30 people were reported injured.
An army spokesperson said military helicopters have joined the rescue efforts, which had been impeded by the remoteness of the effected areas.
Separately, in Haripur district of KPK, four people were killed and four others injured when roof of their work site collapsed near Tarbela Dam area, Latifur Rehman, spokesperson for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said.
Pakistan experiences severe weather patterns every year, which have affected millions of people, claimed many lives and wiped out millions of acres of farmland in recent years.
The army has been taking part in rescue operations in the affected areas together with the district administration.
According to ISPR, the Troops provided Food, tents and medical aid to affected people in Ursoon village.
Hundreds die in South Asian monsoon season floods every year.
Chitral district near the Afghan border in the north western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the worst affected.
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Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 50 people in northern Pakistan and northern India, officials say.
