It is worth reading the history of Pakistan in respect with the appointments with different army chiefs who served the country during the last seventy five years. Thank you dawn.com for compling the details of all army chiefs since Pakistan came into existence.

Only Asif Nawaz was a true military man with a respect for democracy.

Out of the retired COAS who are alive, only one lives in Pakistan. Its a good indicator of what these all powerful people think of their country!

Every body after the goras was corrupt

With these appointments, NS has shot his foot once again. History repeats. He always does that, duffer never learns!

Only gen. Ayub and Gen. Zia made pakistan prosperous

Gul hassan Khan was a Lt Gen. He was not elevated to four star rank at the time.

United we stand, divided we fall.

The first two Generals of the Pakistan Army refused to send troops to the Kashmir front according to Dawn's write-up above. From then on Pakistan's downhill journey began, for the very reason the Generals refused. The first two General's stand on Kashmir stand vindicated. Pakistan would have been a very different nation had the Kashmir issue be resolved without sending troops, that is what diplomacy is about. Realize and admit our mistake.

My salute to all Pak Army Chief’s from top to bottom, the most effective Army Chief’s were Gen. Ayub, Gen. Zia and Gen. Mushraf, all three of them ruled as head of government over 10 years each. Pakistan still needs full Army Rules as our politicians and leaders are 100% corrupts. Pak Army Zindabad.

Most appointment done by PML(N) ...... A question is it the main reason to overthrow Imran Government? I am puzzled !!

Brothers picked the one who disliked Imran.

Good collection. Wonder where are the living generals residing now ? Germany or USA as they have super life standards.

COAS are the leaders of Pakistan.pakistan runs through COAS.

seems good choice , looks young. How he deals with politicions. specially PTI which cost him short term ISI chief.

General Ayub Khan, Gen Zia and Gen. Raheel Shairf best ever COAS Pakistan has ever had..

A list of Pakistani Prime minsters please, if you remember them at all. I think there are well over 50 PMs of Pakistan.

Interesting fact why General Gracy retired.

@Dr Rasheed , you are right on 1 of them. As the other had a hand in losing East Pakistan

Army need to focus on its training and professionalism. Let’s reduce its size, and use smart tools to defend the nation. Pakistan can’t afford F16 and Nukes. Who is going to rid them off. Electromagnetic waves are the root cause of cancer. Let’s clean industrial waste water; this water cross contaminated our milk, grains and our ecosystem.

Out of 16 Generals, only one left respectfully. Not a wonderful history. and one caused irreparable loss of east Pakistan.

@Taj Ahmad , stop it, we had enough of generals rulling

Except for Asif Nawaz and Karamat, the rest are 3rd class men with Zia up Haq as the worst.

Well an issue settled but what next . how the painful journey of country solidarity after east Pakistan .army public school tragedy zianab alert arshad Sharif all nation is wounded . who will own this wounded country having no profile of sadiq or ameen

A wounded nation a country after 1947 having no profile of sadiq ameen. Who will own us .

@MYVIEW, unfortunately diplomacy doesn’t work with India and another country known as israel.

Rag to riches. List of USD billionaires who made it in Pakistan.

@Sameer H., They destroyed Pakistan.

@ProPK, "General Ayub Khan, Gen Zia and Gen. Raheel Shairf best ever COAS.." Gen Ayub Khan was a builder and a defender. He built Pakistan's economy, international prestige, biggest dams, and defended Pakistan against India's full might and surprise attack. Gen Zia Shaheed halted the Soviet advance to the Arabian sea in its track, torn the superpower to pieces. Gen Raheel was a genocidal criminal. He committed heinous war crimes against humanity in Swat and Waziristan at US call and coin.

If we truly want the army chief to remain apolitical, then we need to change the constitution, which authorizes a politically elected PM to make the selection, and base it on seniority only. Hopefully, the next elected government will be able to do that with their 2/3 majority.

@Athar malik, " Pakistan can’t afford F16 and Nukes" Pakistan would have gone the way of Libya, Iraq and Sudan long ago had it not Nukes.

Wish all COAS were like General Asif Nawaz.

@Athar malik, "Pakistan can’t afford F16 and Nukes." Pakistan would have been bombed to the stone age if it did not have a credible nuclear deterrent.

Bunch of useless losers

Generals destroyed Pakistan!

@Dr Rasheed, by doing what? both were failures, Zia died before economic collapse, americas dollar rain was soon getting over, death made him lucky. Try to read history and see difference between developed nations and developing ones.

It was obvious with whom the first two will side.

@Dr Rasheed , You cannot rule out Musharraf.

Except the 1 two rest are all crooks

Only 16 CoAS durnig the 75+ years of Pakistan's history

@Pakistani1, you nailed it. They massed money through corrupt and illegal means and what belong to the people of Pak and settled in foreign countries. They are neither patriotic nor do they care for the people of Pak! Sad.

Thank you Dawn to update our Army Chief during last 75 years for young generation .My views is that pakistan prospect during tenure of President Ayub Khan, General ZiaulHaq and General Mushraff. (Texas)

@Pakistani1, You are misinformed. All retired chiefs with maybe the exception of Jahangir Karamat live in Pakistan.

@bhaRAT©, Nawaz Sharif chose Lt Gen Pervez Musharaf as the Army Chief even though he was the junior most officer in the list and if we talk about Lt Gen Asim Munir (now General AM), he is the senior most officer in the army and Showbaz Sharif has done a great job by picking up senior officers. The list of 1997 when Musharaf was picked as the Army Chief, the senior most officers literally rejected the promotion of Musharaf as the Army chief and the senior most officers were democracy lovers

My salute to all Pak Army Chief’s from top to bottom, the most effective Army Chief’s were Gen. Ayub, Gen. Zia and Gen. Mushraf, all three of them ruled as head of government over 10 years each. Pakistan still needs full Army Rules. Pak Army Zindabad.

@Pakistani1, What a wonderful creteria.Pakistanies are against USA, but if a common man has given choice to choose between Pakistan and USA he will prefer USA. I had seen many like this

@bhaRAT©, lesson is for Imran Khan the coming days will show

@MYVIEW, A big blunder.