New list of visa-free destinations for Pakistani passport released

Pakistani passport holders can still travel visa-free to several countries, but the ranking of the Pakistani passport in the latest ranking is noteworthy.

According to a Gulf News report, the Henley Passport Index has placed Pakistan at 103, equal to Yemen, where passport holders have visa-free access to 31 countries.

According to the report, this ranking marks a significant decline compared to the previous ranking of the Pakistani passport of 96, when it had visa-free access to 32 countries.

Pakistani passport holders can travel visa-free to the following countries:

1. Barbados

2. Burundi

3. Cambodia

4. Cape Verde Islands

5. Comoros Islands

6. Cook Islands

7. Djibouti

8. Dominica

9. Guinea-Bissau

10. Haiti

11. Kenya

12. Madagascar

13. Maldives

14. Micronesia

15. Montserrat

16. Mozambique

17. Nepal

18. Niue

19. Palau

20. Qatar

21. Rwanda

22. Samoa

23. Senegal

24. Seychelles

25. Sierra Leone

26. Sri Lanka

27. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

28. Timor-Leste

29. Trinidad and Tobago

30. Tuvalu

31. Vanuatu

According to the report, the most powerful passport in the world is Singapore, whose holders can travel to 193 countries without a visa, with South Korea and Japan also among the highest rankings.

The US, which has visa-free access to 180 countries, has dropped in the passport ranking and has been out of the top 10 for the first time, with Iraq at 104, Syria at 105, and Afghanistan at 106.