Pakistani passport ranks fourth weakest in world

Pakistan's passport ranks as the world's fourth weakest, according to the latest Henley Passport Index, placing 101st globally with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 29 destinations.

The UK-based citizenship and residence advisory firm compares 199 different passports across 227 different travel destinations, and calculates the score based on the number of destinations that can be accessed without a prior visa, or with a visa on arrival.

The green passport remains ahead of only Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan on the Henley Passport Index.

Pakistan's neighbouring countries China, India and Iran are ranked at 60, 81 and 96 on the global rankings, respectively.

According to the Henley Index, the Green passport holders have free visa access to Barbados, Cook Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Micronesia, Montserrat, Rwanda, St Vincent and the Grenadines, The Gambia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vanuatu.

Visa-on-arrival is available for Burundi, Cambodia, Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Nepal, Niue, Palau Islands, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, and Tuvalu.

In addition to this, Pakistani citizens can also obtain electronic travel authorisations for Kenya, Seychelles and Sri Lanka.

It is pertinent to mention here that Singapore retains its position at the top of the list with a score of 192, followed by Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continuing to tie for second place at 188 and Sweden in third at 187.