Pakistan, Dec. 3 -- Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced two new high altitude national parks in Gilgit Baltistan, spanning a huge area of 3600 square km which totals five percent of Gilgit-Baltistan's land area.

The 'Himalaya National Park' and the 'Nanga Parbat National Park' comprise unique ecological areas with very rich high altitude biodiversity as well as precious flora and fauna which include snow leopards, Himalayan brown bear, Ladakh urial, ibex, markhor and blue sheep.

The two national parks have been announced under the Prime Minister's "Protected Areas Initiative", aimed at ensuring the protection and preservation of Pakistan's natural assets through designation and management as national parks.

Comprising total 5% of G...