<P> President Zia, infuriated, dismissed the Junejo government on several charges in May 1988 . He then called for the holding of fresh elections in November . General Zia - ul - Haq never saw the elections materialize however, as he died in a plane crash on August 17, 1988, which was later proven to be highly sophisticated sabotage by unknown perpetrators . </P> <P> Under Zia, real defence spending increased on average by 9 percent per annum during 1977--88 while development spending rose 3 percent per annum; by 1987--88 defence spending had overtaken development spending . For the 1980s as a whole, defence spending averaged 6.5 percent of GDP . This contributed strongly to large fiscal deficits and a rapid build - up of public debt . </P>

Which country earned its independence from pakistan in 1974