Islamabad: Hollywood actor and UNHCR's goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to meet people affected by the worst floods in the country's history and to highlight the urgent need for help, a press release from UNHCR said.
Jolie is visiting flood-hit regions on Tuesday and Wednesday as the personal envoy of UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres.
The Goodwill Ambassador is travelling to affected communities and meeting people involved in the relief efforts.
The award-winning actress last visited the country in November 2005 after a devastating earthquake swept northern Pakistan.
Flooding has battered Pakistan since the onset of heavy monsoon rains a month ago, affecting a wide central belt. Pakistan's Indus River swelled and burst its banks. More than 1,600 people have died and more than 6 million are homeless, according to the UN. The total population affected is at least 17 million.
Water covers a fifth of the country – an area the size of Italy – much of which is agricultural. At least 3.2 million hectares (7.9 million acres) – about 14 per cent of Pakistan's entire cultivated land, have been damaged.
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