GENEVA, Nov 22: Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who have been romantically linked, plan to visit quake survivors in northern Pakistan in coming days.
Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency, has travelled to more than 20 countries since taking up the high-profile job in August 2001.
“We’ll be on our way to Pakistan in a matter of days,” Jolie told Reuters after she and Pitt attended private briefings at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday.
About 100 staff thronged them, many seeking photographs and autographs as they left its Geneva headquarters after the unannounced visit.
The UNHCR, through a joint airlift with NATO, has flown winterised tents and shelter material to hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by the devastating Oct. 8 quake, which killed more than 73,000 people in Pakistan.—Reuters
