Pakistan Among The Top Ten Countries With World's Worst Passports

The Henley and Partners Visa Restrictions Index indicates Afghanistan ranks the worst in the world for visa free travel. While Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal made it to the list of worst passports to travel, in the recent study. The global ranking of the countries based on the freedom of travel to their citizens, saw Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom emerge as the world's most coveted passports, with the least nimber of restrictions imposed on its holders with score of 173. This simply means that holders of passprts of the above mentioned three countries can travel to 173 countries without visa restrictions. The UAE gained eight ranks from the previous year (56th) and is the second best country in the Arab World for affording visa-free travel to its citizens, after the 52nd ranked Kuwait. While Kuwaitis can travel visa-free to 77 countries. Emiratis can do so to 72 countries across the world. India is ranked at No 74, and improved its position by six slots since last year's ranking, with Indians allowed to travel visa-free to 52 countries. Pakistan, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan remained in the bottom four places of the ranking, which means the citizens of these countries enjoy the leasst freedom of travel. Based on the numbers, Afghani citizen can travel visa-free merely to 28 countries, while Iraqis to 31, and Pakistani ans Somali citizen can travel visa-free each to 32 contries. The sub-continent was not spared, with Nepal coming on fifth worst passport in thw world with a scorecard of 37, Sri Lanka came in as sixth sharing the spot with Kosovo, Lebanon and Sudan with scorecard of 38. Despite its recent political turmoil, both Libyan and Syrian passports fard well than their sub-continent conterparts with a score of 39, rank of 87 out of 93 countries listed. Meanwhile, passing with flying colours as the seconds best travel passports were Germany, the USA, Denmark and Luxemburg, all coming in with score of 172. The Pakistanis outside do not accept this ranking and say it is unfair to Pakistani passport holders, especially in the lieu of state of world affairs whereby several countries such as Iran and Myanmar have many more santions imposed on them by world authorities but still they rank better than us.