{"id":74487,"date":"2025-05-15T14:27:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=74487"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:27:30","slug":"pakistani-passport-ranks-lowest-across-world-fm-dar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistani-passport-ranks-lowest-across-world-fm-dar\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani passport ranks lowest across world: FM Dar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar admitted<\/span> that the Pakistani passport<\/a> currently ranks among the lowest<\/span> passports<\/span> in the world, with<\/span> just<\/span> 35<\/span> countries<\/span> allowing<\/span> visa<\/span>–<\/span>free<\/span> access<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs<\/a> Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry blamed the<\/span> overseas Pakistani lawmakers for ruining<\/span> the country\u2019s reputation by embracing<\/span> anti-Pakistan resolutions in their<\/span> countries<\/span>\u2019<\/span> parliaments.<\/p>\n

This<\/span> revelation<\/span> was<\/span> made<\/span> during the 4th<\/span> National Assembly<\/a> session in<\/span> which<\/span> the foreign ministry laid<\/span> down<\/span> the<\/span> full<\/span> details of<\/span> the passport‘<\/span>s standing worldwide<\/span>: \u201cWhen our own Pakistanis out<\/span> there<\/span> are<\/span> moving<\/span> for resolutions against Pakistan<\/span>, how can we expect people<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> any<\/span> respect for our passport?\u201d Chaudhry said<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou<\/span> can<\/span> print<\/span> passports<\/span> in<\/span> shiny<\/span> green<\/span> biscuits,<\/span> but<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> not<\/span> make<\/span> it<\/span> any<\/span> better<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Pakistani<\/span> passport \u2013<\/span> the<\/span> current<\/span> state<\/span> of<\/span> affairs<\/span> must first<\/span> be<\/span> handled<\/span> in Pakistan<\/span> before<\/span> we<\/span> can<\/span> expect<\/span> any<\/span> common<\/span> sense<\/span> or<\/span> logic<\/span> from<\/span> foreigners<\/span> when<\/span> dealing<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Pakistani<\/span> passport<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u2018Green\u2019 passport slips<\/span> in the<\/span> world<\/span> rankings. He noted,<\/span>\u00a0however, that sometimes<\/span> Pakistan\u2019s status<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span> rises<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> \u201cstrong response\u201d to India on May 9, saying<\/span>, \u201cPeople<\/span> are now<\/span> kissing the hands of Pakistanis abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

The minister also addressed issues<\/span> of<\/span> misuse of<\/span> the<\/span> passport<\/span>,<\/span> saying<\/span> authorities<\/span> blocked<\/span> ill<\/span>–<\/span>legally<\/span> issued<\/span> Pakistani passports, including some<\/span> passports<\/span> that<\/span> were<\/span> used by Afghans and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf<\/span> there<\/span> is<\/span> no<\/span> improvement<\/span> from<\/span> within<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> internal systems, the<\/span> prestige<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> passport will<\/span> not<\/span> improve<\/span>,\u201d he validly<\/span> stated<\/span>.<\/span> FM<\/span> Dar<\/span> provided<\/span> no<\/span> immediate<\/span> rebuttal<\/span> to his cabinet colleague\u2019s claims about the<\/span> overseas lawmakers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar admitted that the Pakistani passport currently ranks among the lowest passports in the world, with just 35 countries allowing visa–free access. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry blamed the overseas Pakistani lawmakers for ruining the country\u2019s reputation by embracing anti-Pakistan resolutions in their countries\u2019 parliaments. This revelation was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":29289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28727,11423],"class_list":["post-74487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-minister-for-parliamentary-affairs","tag-pakistani-passport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74494,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74487\/revisions\/74494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}