Pervez Musharraf Calls it a Day; Resigns with Dignity Intact

Pakistan's President, General(retd) Pervez Musharraf resigned on Monday the 18th of August.Thus ends his rule which he started after seizing the reign of power in a military coup against Nawaz Sharif on 12th of October 1999.
He took this decesion after a series of political steps taken by the coalition government of PPPP and PML(N) made it clear that they would impeach him and also try him for breaking the constitution along with number of other charges.
It was also evident to him that the army, his long drawn source of power would not support him if he dismissed the government under the articled 58(2)B of the constitution. The US government had also distanced itself from their former War on Terror Ally. Also his political allies were most certain to ditch him when the real impeachment proceedings started in the parliament.
Since the start of the impeachment drive two weeks earlier, the President had consulted his lawyers and well wishers, which included politicians, civilians of note, retired army men, important diplomats(including the US ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson).
Recently Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Muqrin visited Pakistan to try to convince him for resigning and securing a safe passage out the country which he had ruled unhindered for approximately eight and a half years.
Evidently the charges that were to be leveled against the one time powerful dictator were either constitutionally ratified(17th Amendment of the 1973 Constitution ) or had a legal cover (action taken by him on 3rd of of November 2007 were legalized by the Supreme Court ).
Other charges were of killing innocent people in Lal Masjid Operation. This action was taken by he Army and could have had serious implications if Army as an institution was implicated and was drawn in the court. So it can be ruled that it would have not been upheld by any court in Pakistan if a trial on that account was conducted.
In the end of his speech he said that Pakistan Ka Allah Hafiz which means Allah Will Guard Pakistan, and can be translated into the extreme emotional situation he was facing after serving the Pakistani people in numerous fields selflessly and then being labeled as a corrupt and unworthy of a leader.
Altough he dismissed the Chief Justice Choudry Iftikhar and those who didn’t take the PCO oath which cannot be justified any way, but we should not forget that CJ Ifthikar also took PCO oath after 12th October 1999 coup when fellow justices did not take oath under PCO.
For what he has done to the country to take it to a place of prestige among developing countries and also social, economical, political and educational betterment, atleast I as a sane fellow citizen of Pakistan would place him the greatest leader after Founder of Pakistan M.A. Jinnah and Khan Liaqat Ali Khan.
Atleast he knows how to address the nation and talk with international leaders unlike or current Prime Minister.
We all know the politics of PPPP and PML(N) which has gone round and round in circles but achieved nothing substantial for the country up till now except 2nd Rank in the Most Corrupt Country Of the World (Transparency International) in mid and late 90s.