"We will accept election results wholeheartedly. If the people elect good or bad people, it is not our responsibility. It is our constitutional responsibility to support whoever forms government," Gen Kayani said during an interaction with senior journalists and columnists.
Senior columnist Ifran Siddiqui, who writes for the Urdu-language daily 'Jang', quoted the army chief as saying that he has assured the Chief Election Commissioner of the army's complete support and assistance in holding the election.
"I had tried my best that there should be no interference in elections when I took the charge as the chief of the army staff in 2007," he said.
Kayani was quoted as saying that the armed forces supported the democratic system in line with the spirit of the constitution for five years.
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"We support transparent elections and peaceful transfer of power. People have the right and power to elect their representatives," the army chief told journalists on Sunday, according to the columnist.
"Some said we want a caretaker set up of technocrats for a long period. We have been hearing all this. But you are witness that there is no such thing. You are the judge of our actions and ground realities," he told journalists.
He said he wishes the elections should take place in Balochistan, the restive southwestern province marred by sectarian violence, and the whole country simultaneously and the people should trust the process.
"We had stopped intervention in 2008 and it is our mission today," he added.