{"id":508839,"date":"2025-10-16T01:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=508839"},"modified":"2025-10-16T01:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:26:17","slug":"pakistani-passport-ranks-4th-worst-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistani-passport-ranks-4th-worst-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani passport ranks 4th worst in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani passport has ranked the fourth worst for the fifth straight year, according to this year\u2019s Henley Passport Index, a ranking of the world\u2019s 199 passports based on the number of destinations their owners can access without a prior visa. In the latest global ranking issued on October 7, Pakistan\u2019s travel document was placed at 103 in the list \u2014 tied with Yemen \u2014 and ranked higher than only those of Iraq (104), Syria (105) and Afghanistan (106). Per the ranking, Pakistan and Yemen\u2019s passports permit visa-free access to 31 countries only out of 227 travel destinations, Iraq\u2019s allows travel to 29, Syria\u2019s gives access to 26 destinations, and Afghanistan\u2019s travel document only affords the bearer access to 24 destinations without a visa. Pakistan\u2019s passport has been declared the world\u2019s fourth worst since at least 2021 on the Henley index, which calculates countries\u2019 \u201cvisa-free score\u201d \u2014 the number of destinations travellers can access without a prior visa, or with a visa on arrival. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani passport has ranked the fourth worst for the fifth straight year, according to this year\u2019s Henley Passport Index, a ranking of the world\u2019s 199 passports based on the number of destinations their owners can access without a prior visa. 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