{"id":7487,"date":"2026-07-25T07:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7487"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:38:07","slug":"pakistans-passport-improves-in-global-ranking-but-remains-among-the-worlds-weakest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7487","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Passport Improves in Global Ranking but Remains Among the World&#8217;s Weakest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Pakistan&#8217;s passport has improved by <strong>two places<\/strong> in the latest global passport rankings, moving from <strong>103rd to 101st<\/strong>, but it continues to rank among the <strong>world&#8217;s weakest passports<\/strong>, ahead of only <strong>Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <strong>2026 Henley Passport Index<\/strong>, Pakistani passport holders can now travel to <strong>29 countries and territories<\/strong> without obtaining a visa in advance, reflecting a slight improvement in international travel access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Henley Passport Index<\/strong>, published by global citizenship and residence advisory firm <strong>Henley &amp; Partners<\/strong>, evaluates the travel freedom offered by <strong>199 passports<\/strong> across <strong>227 travel destinations<\/strong> worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The index measures the strength of a passport based on the number of destinations its holders can enter <strong>without a prior visa<\/strong>, including countries offering visa-free entry, visa on arrival, or electronic travel authorisation where applicable under the index&#8217;s methodology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the improvement, Pakistan remains near the bottom of the global rankings, highlighting the continued travel restrictions faced by its citizens compared with holders of more powerful passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also notes that visa policies can be influenced by a range of factors, including international relations and travel restrictions, which may affect a country&#8217;s ranking over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Singapore<\/strong> retained its position as the <strong>world&#8217;s most powerful passport<\/strong>, offering its citizens the highest level of visa-free travel access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among South Asian countries, <strong>India ranked 81st<\/strong>, considerably ahead of Pakistan, while <strong>Afghanistan remained at the bottom of the index<\/strong>, holding the lowest-ranked passport in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The updated rankings illustrate a modest improvement for Pakistan but also underline the significant gap that remains between the Pakistani passport and those with broader global mobility. Expanding visa-free access and strengthening diplomatic ties remain key factors that could improve Pakistan&#8217;s position in future editions of the passport index.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#8217;s passport has improved by two places in the latest global passport rankings, moving from 103rd to 101st, but it continues to rank among..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438694_1359640_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438694_1359640_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438694_1359640_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438694_1359640_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438694_1359640_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438694_1359640_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438694_1359640_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7489,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions\/7489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}