 There was some controversy stirred up about Pakistan’s nuclear program and Japan also linked up its aid policy with Pakistan’s nuclear program and delayed its loan package until bilateral discussions were held on the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT).In fact, Japan followed the American lines on the nuclear issue after the withdrawal of Soviet forces in Afghanistan.Pakistan’s motorway project between Lahore and Islamabad also invited Japanese criticism as the project was awarded to a South Korean multinational, Daewoo in 1991.