ISLAMABAD – Pakistani passport has remained the fourth weakest passport inthe world behind only war-torn Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

As many countries across the globe are entering new Covid-19 restrictionsadversely affecting the tourism industry, the Henley Passport Index hasreleased its latest report ranking the strongest and weakest passports.

The Index is based on data provided by the International Air TransportAuthority (IATA) and covers 199 passports and 227 travel destinations. HPIreleased the ranking based on how many countries citizens can accesswithout a visa.

The latest rankings found Japan’s passport offers its citizens the mostfreedom around the world. Singapore remained runner-up with avisa-on-arrival score of 192. Germany and South Korea another time sharedthird place. The British passport came in seventh place alongsideSwitzerland, the USA, Belgium, and New Zealand, all of which have avisa-free/visa-on-arrival score of 187.

India and Bangladesh stand at the 84th and 100th ranks, respectively whileChina and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) climb from the 90th position to68th, and 65th position to 15th, respectively.

Other countries which are ranked among the most powerful are Italy,Finland, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Malta,Greece, and Norway.