Pakistan condoles death of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Pakistan condoled the death of former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe. According to the press release issued by Foreign Office (FO), the government and people of Pakistan are deeply saddened on demise of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe, who played a distinguished role in the history of his country and the African continent. “Pakistan is offering sincere condolences to the bereaved family and to the people of Zimbabwe,” it also state. It is pertinent to mention here that the former President played an important role in strengthening bilateral ties between Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe former president would be remembered for his passionate advocacy for a rightful role for Africa and his legacy for Zimbabwe. First heralded as a liberator who rid the former British colony of Rhodesia of white minority rule, Mugabe used repression and fear to hold on to power in Zimbabwe until he was finally ousted by his previously loyal military generals. Earlier, the former Zimbabwe president had died aged 95 after battling ill health, it has been confirmed. According to the media reports, the former Zimbabwe president passed away in Singapore, current president Emmerson Mnangagwa tweeted this morning. It is pertinent to mention here that Robert Mugabe, who was overthrown in a coup, was the first post independence leader of the African country. It is believed he had been receiving treatment there since April. Mugabe had led Zimbabwe in 1980 before being ousted from power after a military coup in 2017. Nearly four decades after the country’s independence from Britain in 1980, he was regarded by many as a tyrant, willing to unleash death squads, rig elections and trash the economy in the relentless pursuit of power. President Mnangagwa this morning tweeted: “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe. Mugabe was 95 years-old, and a former military officer. His decades-old dictatorship was overthrown last November by the army chief of Zimbabwean military. After the army briefly took power, Mugabe’s exit became inevitable — but the veteran autocrat dug his heels in with one last, defiant performance.