ABSTRACT
Japan is the largest aid donor to Pakistan. Japan stopped all aid to the country in the aftermath of Pakistan’s nuclear detonation in 1998. In spite of being the largest donors, the Japanese played no role in the debate on an alternative delivery mechanism of social services in Pakistan. In 1989, the government of Pakistan started a feasibility report of the educational television project in cooperation with the Japanese government. During the Cold War, as a frontline state in the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan was a recipient of large concessionary capital inflows coming primarily from the United States. The government of Pakistan launched an ambitious five-year plan in 1988. The Ministry of Information over the years had developed a comfortable working relationship with Pakistan Television Corporation. The development of a second educational television channel for the Pakistan Television Corporation is one of the most important examples of Japanese assistance to Pakistan.
