Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe is a pariah who has brutally oppressed his own people, destroyed their nation's economy and imposed one-party, strongman rule on his country. He's the sort of person that decent people find completely disgusting.
Unfortunately, the Pakistani government doesn't share the world's contempt for Mugabe's regime. To the contrary, The Independent reports that Pakistan is stepping in to bolster Mubage's armed forces:
"Pakistan has sent several senior military experts to help strengthen President Robert Mugabe's army, which has been severely weakened by mass resignations, desertions and a Western military embargo.
"The secondment of the Pakistanis to retrain and re-equip the Zimbabwean army comes as Mr Mugabe is desperate to beef up his forces as he fears the deteriorating economy may lead to social unrest.
"Mr Mugabe has relied heavily on his army to crush any challenge to his rule. The Pakistanis arrived as annual inflation surged to 1,281 per cent, the highest in the world, leaving a majority of Zimbabweans unable to afford the basics for survival, and raising the spectre of mass strife. The Pakistani experts will stay in Zimbabwe for at least two years and will be paid in US dollars by the Zimbabwe government, which is struggling to raise foreign currency to pay for essential imports such as fuel and food."
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