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Pakistani passport has been ranked as the fourth worst in the world by the latest Henley Passport Index for the fourth year in a row.<\/p>\n
The index evaluates the travel documents of 199 countries based on how many destinations their holders can enter without a prior visa.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u2019s passport, in the latest index released on Tuesday, is tied at the 100th position with Yemen, allowing visa-free entry to 33 countries. This ranking is only better than those of Iraq (101), Syria (102), and Afghanistan (103), which remains the same as last year.<\/p>\n
Afghanistan\u2019s passport continues to be the weakest globally, with its citizens now having visa-free access to only 26 countries\u2014the lowest ever recorded in the 19-year history of the index, according to a press release.<\/p>\n
Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported, \u201cOur research has consistently found a strong correlation between a country\u2019s visa-free score and its economic prosperity. Countries with higher visa-free scores generally have a higher GDP per capita, increased foreign direct investment, and stronger international trade relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made a significant entry into the top 10, offering visa-free access to 185 destinations, which is an increase of 152 since the index\u2019s inception in 2006. This remarkable rise has propelled the UAE up 53 places in the rankings, from 62nd to 9th.<\/p>\n
Also Read:\u00a0India rises to 82nd in Henley Passport Index 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Pakistani passport has been ranked as the fourth worst in the world by the latest Henley Passport Index for the fourth year in a row. The index evaluates the travel documents of 199 countries based on how many destinations their holders can enter without a prior visa. Pakistan\u2019s passport, in the latest index released […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/passport.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36901,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36899\/revisions\/36901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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