Good news. Of course, he has proved to be a sincere, faithful and great soldier. I wish him good luck, but I guess that he will is next Minister of Defence ?????

Good Decision and at the right time. Very Wise. Wish the over ambitious politicians could take a leasson to quit it for the benefot of the country just like you did. Thanks a lot.

Thats a man of integrity! Gen Kayani is a future promise for Pakistan. Swaran Singh

Kayani will go down in history as the greatest military leader Pakistan has had to date. A breath of fresh air, a true patriot, after the self-serving, power hungry set of rogue generals starting with Ayub Khan and continuing with Yahya, Zia and Musharraf who took this country down the path of ruin. When the political leadership gave him a mandate to clear up taliban infestation (as in Swat and S. Waziristan) he made short work of them. If he is to be faulted, it is for not rooting out and punishing taliban supporters within the military and for permitting Ben Laden to find safe refuge under the nose of the PMA.

Thank God he had the sense to bow out gracefully. The skeletons of his 2nd tenure though, will always remain in his closet. Extremely happy now that the rumour mongering media has one less news to fiddle with.

General you've played your inning and its better you give chance to others, hope you'll stick to your decision and not change your mind.

Thank You. You should have retire after Abbotabad.

At least it will end our "rumours" driven media speculations and proved that Pakistan Army still is the most professional institution of Pakistan.

"As I complete my tenure the will of the people has taken root and a constitutional order is in place. The armed forces of Pakistan fully support and want to strengthen this democratic order," Kayani said. --- This is a very powerful statement by the most powerful person in Pakistan. It seems that the last PPP government and the PPP president, Mr. Asif Zardari, **owe** to General Kyani for letting them rule Pakistan for the longest 5 year term in history of the country to strenghthen the democratric roots in Pakistan. Let's us all recognize the selfless services of Generl kyani to Pakistan and its people.

I hope he does. Best wishes to him.

Gen Saab you saved constitution but Pakistan got destroyed well done. Pakistan is loving this democracy ! Enjoy .

You watched Politicians loot Pakistan and destroy institutions but you watched them quietly shame on you. Never has any history seen a General like you. You saved constitution but Pakistan got destroyed ! thats a job well done .

you are a great man and your statement is very encouraging for whole nation particularly for our armed forces.

O, yes... Now, "Angoor khattay hain" (grapes are sour). After enjoying full term of his service, power, fortune, undue extension and trying best to prove that he is indispensable and having no option now but to leave, he is singing the will of the people and talking about strengthening democratic order in the country. What a sincerity towards nation.. I think if Mr. Kayani really cared about the nation's need, and wanted to earn the respect, he, instead of seeking continuous power, have set a precedent for other military officers by putting a permanent ban or at least a lid on Pakistani military officers to continue enjoying top jobs in other branches of the government, semi governments and private sectors after their retirement. The concept of "all thing army" is nothing but "master of all and jack for none" thing. In fact it leaves an adverse effect on our national growth and development. What good these dominant military officers do to our nation serving as chiefs of education, sports, culture, corporations, police etc, except stealing others rights and promoting the culture of greed, possession and corruption. Not only this, most of the time, they manage to occupy our lands and resources, which creates more friction, unjust and sufferings in our society? There was a time, our service men, even captains and majors of our army rode on bicycles, lead simple, honest and satisfied life. They were more patriotic and free of greed and lust for luxurious life than today. And now, not only the commissioned officers but also non commissioned service men own and occupy tons of lands, properties and businesses all over Pakistan. How they manged to grab all this? It started from top to bottom. A new culture of mighty corporate military emerged. They started grabbing/occupying lands and in some cases not even paying taxes on illegal properties and businesses. I hope we did not forget what happened during Zia era when lands all over Pakistan were illegally allotted at the cheapest possible price to military officers, no taxes were paid and later these lands were legalized. These lands who were bought at the price of peanuts, appreciated quickly and became the gold mines for military men and their generations while others are suppose to pay tax and keep suffering. It is time to discipline our military and the political mafia who keeps using and spoiling our soldiers. zafarsyed40@yahoo.com

Is Kayani saying that he would not be a part of Pak Military in any way? Totally retired from the military?

The General

Thank u sir, for strengthening our institutions. God bless you and God bless PK.

Pakistan will never accept Kayani's resignation or retirement. He is the kind of person Pakistan needs at this critical moments.

Salute General Kayani for his valiant services to the country. He is setting an example by retiring and stepping down as per schedule and not showing any ambitions to topple the democratic government as the previous generals did. Salam ho aap ko General Saheb. I wish you a prosperous and healthy life. Ameen

He has made enough money and wealth. Now let some one else try his luck.

MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU, DEAR KYANI.

Red salute to Gen Kiyan . Long Live Pakistan

Who will be the JCSC Chief is not important. What is important is its powers. In my opinion it should be an effective coordinative body between the three Armed Forces chiefs & nothing more. Alongwith powers, the responsibilty/Accountibility will also shift to one person who actually will be expert of only one field. Thus Making JCSC the boss of all 3 forces will make the Chiefs of three forces ceremonil & least attaractive. This will affect the performace of our Armed forces. Let the three chiefs work wholeheartedly use their experience, experties & leadership with full ownership of resposnsibilty of their Forces.

The next logical step for the armed forces is to transfer/dismantle all the business interests such as Defense Housing Schemes, National Logistics Cell, and hundreds of other businesses. The Armed Forces of Pakistan should also abandon the British tradition of rewarding their top officers with land - very expensive land. Until these steps are taken, Armed Forced will not become a professional military organization. They will always tinker with the politics of the country in order to safe guard their commercial assets.

I salute this man. A respectable man. I hope Musharaf at his prison home and Zia in his tomb are feeling ashamed.

On a positive note Kayani never overthrew the civilian govt - even when it was obvious the civilian govt wasn't doing it's job. On the negative side if Kayani had done a good job he would have purged the military of it's pro militant supporters and half of Pakistan wouldn't be controlled by the militants. Further - had he purged the pro militant element OBL might have selected another country for safe haven or the USA would have cooperated on his capture salvaging Pakistan's reputation as the nexus of terrorism.

General Kayani is a honorable man, he has done his job well, no matter how much the critics say otherwise. In the years past, with all the chaos and mismanagement the PPP government did in the past 5 years, it wouldn't have been surprising, the army would have stepped in and not let the process go forward. He on the other hand let it all happen for the first time in the history of Pakistan.That in itself is commendable. He has set the bar very high now, so that people who follow him will never attempt to interfere in civilian matters, by imposing martial law. It has become a joke. A job well done General, thank you for your patience, calm and foresight. Wish you the best in your life ahead. I am Pakistani living abroad, who concerns himself with what happen in the homeland. God bless those who place nation over self. These things and many more make a nation most of all rule of law of the land and respect of its Constitution. Pakistan Zindabad