Also despite becoming just like Pagan (if not worse) post game, she did initially seem to care about the people of Kyrat in contrast to the more traditional Sabal. She apologises to Ajay that he did what was necessary. If you side with Amita and kill Sabal, her reaction seems is shocked and even a little bummed out.Bhadra in return, seems to like him, even hugging him with gratitude after Ajay rescued her from a burning building. And the player can make him shot Amita out of retaliation for Bhadra's implied murder. With the Amita-as-Leader Ending, he even demanded to know what happened to her. Though brief, Ajay is protective of her and cares enough to ask about well-being.
Whether he believes in it or not, he finds it important enough to honor the locals' ways while fighting to free their land from tyranny.
While it initially started out as a simple deception, it grew into true love with Ishwari bringing out the best in him, up till that point a utterly irredeemable madman and making him genuinely happy for the first time in his life. It's only alluded to by the man himself and certain documents you find throughout the game but Pagan's affair with Ishwari Ghale is a massive one.Later events, sadly, prove this is a Moral Myopia as he's only concerned about innocents when they're related to ex-loved ones. Even without that context, he's a Far Cry Big Bad who is killing one of his subordinates for shooting at a bus of civilians and taking them hostage.Pagan Min's Establishing Character Moment takes a new light when you realize it was a Papa Wolf moment, attacking a man who nearly killed the son of his former lover.