Angelina Jolie in Pakistan to meet flood victims

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan on Tuesday to draw the worlds attention towards the plight of 21 million people affected by the countrys worst-ever floods, the UN refugee agency said. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan today to meet people affected by the floods and to highlight the continued urgent need for help, the agency said in a statement. Jolie, the 34-year-old actress and roving envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, would be travelling to affected communities in the northwest and would meet those involved in the relief efforts, it said. This is the fourth visit by Jolie to Pakistan since she became a UNHCR goodwill ambassador in 2001.

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