Bilawal in attendance as Benazir Bhutto’s wax figure unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Dubai

Published July 30, 2023
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari along with his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Dubai. — Foreign Office/Twitter
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari along with his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Dubai. — Foreign Office/Twitter

A wax figure of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds museum in Dubai on Sunday.

According to Gulf News, Benazir’s wax figure is the first of a Pakistani personality at the museum’s Dubai location.

 The photo shows former prime minister Benazir Bhutto when she was sown in as the premier on Dec 2, 1988.
The photo shows former prime minister Benazir Bhutto when she was sown in as the premier on Dec 2, 1988.

It features the ex-premier in a green shalwar kameez and white dupatta, the outfit she donned when she was sworn in as the first woman prime minister of Pakistan on December 2, 1988.

Benazir’s son and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari attended the unveiling of the figure along with other dignitaries and diplomats.

Speaking at the ceremony, Bilawal said his mother was a “symbol of democracy, freedom and equal rights for women across the world” and portrayed the progressive face of Pakistan.

“We have a close attachment to this city and country. We are immensely grateful that the memory of our mother, Benazir Bhutto, is being honoured here in the form of this wax statue,” he added.

Bilawal landed in Dubai earlier today on a one-day official visit.

During his visit, the foreign minister would also discuss the entire spectrum of bilateral relations between Pakistan and UAE in a meeting with his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Foreign Office said.

He would also offer condolences to the UAE leadership on the demise of Sheikh Saeed bin Zayed, brother of UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also undertook a trip to the UAE to condole the death of Sheikh Saeed.

In a statement issued a day earlier, the FO had said that Bilawal’s trip “reflects Pakistan’s robust engagement with the UAE and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two brotherly countries”.

“Both countries are committed to steadily strengthening fraternal ties and deepening mutually rewarding economic partnership,” it had added.

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