Passport Index regularly releases the list of most powerful passports, and Singapore has ranked first with a score of 166 for the year 2018. The second spot, with 165 points each, is shared by Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, South Korea, and the US.
Looking only at the subcontinent countries, we find the Indian passport to be the strongest, with 66 points, followed by Sri Lanka at 45 points. Bangladesh comes next with 44 points, while Pakistan’s score is 36 points.
The Pakistani passport, in fact, is ranked the third-last in the world, above only Afghanistan (30 points) and Iraq (33 points).
Here’s a list of countries that Pakistanis can visit either without visa or with visa on arrival.
Visa-free entry
Dominica
Haiti
Micronesia
Qatar
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Vanuatu
Visa on arrival/e-visa/pre-enrolment
Azerbaijan
Bolivia
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Comoros
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Gabon
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Malaysia
Madagascar
Maldives
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Palau
Samoa
Seychelles (visitor’s permit)
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tuvalu
Uganda
Rwanda
Somalia
These countries offer Dubai visa-free travel, visa on arrival for Pakistanis
