Pak pop queen may be immortalised at Tussaud's

london: late pop queen nazia hassan may be immortalised in wax as efforts are on to have her statue at london's famous madame tussaud's gallery. at a special prayer meeting to mark hassan's first death anniversary on wednesday night, yasmin sheikh, mbe, said she would immediately launch a move to have a wax model of hassan, who shot to fame with her aap jaisa koi meri zindagi mein aaye number.sheikh said it was in appreciation of her contribution to music, in particular her ability to successfully blend the beats and rhythms of east and west. wax statues of amitabh bachchan, indira gandhi, rajiv gandhi and benazir bhutto are among those on display at the museum. a senior official of the nehru centre, the cultural wing of the indian high commission and envoys of pakistan and bangladesh were among those who paid tributes to the singer on her death anniversary. divya mathur, senior programming officer at the nehru centre, paid her tributes in urdu and read out a message from the director of the centre and cultural minister at the indian high commission girish karnad. acting high commissioner for pakistan attiya mehmood said the occasion should not be one of sorrow or gloom, but one in which the extraordinary achievements of a person who accomplished so much in such a short space of time are celebrated.