Pakistani Passport Rankings Plummets Below Somalia the Sad Saga Continues

[Indus Pakistan]

Perception is reality

Very true. But how is perception made? Think about that. Think of something. Perceptions had made by sum of what you continously hear, see or associate about a place. That image will be product of -

+ all good things or positive associations
- all bad things or negative associations

All countries have + positives and - negatives. The problem with Pakistan is not that all we hear about is always negative. This brings negative association to the brand Pakistan. I have travelled widely and always am intrigued why 'Pakistan' always elicits such negative respone almost everywhere.

My conclusion. People only hear about negatives about Pakistan. On the other hand India also draws negatives but those are drowned by ocean of positives.

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• Indian food
• Indian music
• Indian fashion
• Indian Bollywood
• Indian iconic heritage famous across the world like Taj Mahal
• Indian history
• etc

The weight of above is so strong across the world that it overwhelms anything negative about India. Eveeryday in UK alone millions of British people go to 'Indian Restaurents' to enjoy their meat karahi, beef kebabs, Peshawari nans and Seek Kebabs which has created a huge soft power of India.

 

[PradoTLC]

And India is with Gabon and Tajikistan at 90 Don't know how accurate these rankings are

Indians are the africans of Asia?..

 

[Goritoes]

Agree and disagree. Most Americans know little of Pakistan, and what they do know is generally negative headlines from war on terror. This will fade in time.

My comments are based on what I am experience in South Carolina, I am still new to country but trust me many Americans hate their Govt (both Republicans/Democrats) and the wars they start, nor they agree that America has any moral high groun

I know, I live in the states and from my experience no matter what you do they’ll never be happy. Theirs only so much bending you can do before you snap your spine, my opinion why risk a spine crack at all.

Let me rephrase our beloved Father Jinnah’s Quote:

Pakistanis who are in a prone position will spend rest of their lives trying to change the West’s opinion”

~ PakFactor (edited edition)


I have a relative just like that.
I asked his mother to get a DNA test, now you mention this I have to follow up if one was done or not.

Honestly, I hate talking to him whenever he calls, sometimes I wish I can drive to Canada to Milton where he lives and silently place a giant middle finger colored in Green and white in front on his house over night
we Pakistani's don't say good things about our country, we criticize Pakistan brutally but whenever its time to say something positive we just like meh, and man oh man those with American Passport, salaay ager George Washington zinda hota tu woh bhi sharminda ho jata in nae nawele American per hahaa

 

[xyxmt]

Choti choti batoon pe preshan hotey ho
how does it effect an average Pakistani's life.


Pakistan had very weak governments in past 15 years, any foreign govt asked our leader to turn around and bend over and they complied. Why would a foreign govt give you something if you don't ask for it and if they screw you or your people you jut smile back. Those foreign govt will give favor to others instead who insist on better deals.
The world is getting used to our new Style of Govt and it will take about 5 years for these little thing to show an improvement.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

What determines the value of a Passport if it is a valuable or not ?
What are the criteria for measurement ?

Can you Travel with Document ? Yes
Can you book Hotel or Flight ? Yes

Beyond that what do you use your passport for nothing?

Now if during your travel , you have to suffer long wait , due to checks and procedure that is a Diplomatic issue not the color of your passport

• Travel with small hand bag
• Don't bring any food products with you
• Carry normal allowance cash or credit cards

The Passport is not what defines people it is the character of a person , how well behaved they are or as a nation.


a) Promote Standing in Line Culture
b) Don't eat "Pan" or other unnecessary stuff
c) Dress professionally
d) Keep your neighborhoods looking Pristine condition
e) Have strong presence in green initiative , humanitarian causes


The Man if their character is flawed will still be a douchebag , even with best passport in world

 

[GHALIB]

It's not the passport colour or the government, its how the passport carriers present them and their country in the world.

yes .

 

[LegionnairE]

Well, at least you can go to Haiti without a visa... holy shit.

If nobody wants your citizens at some point, you have to look in the mirror.

Maybe make the passport more expensive or something? I don't know.

 

[Raider 21]

A country that builds fighter jets and other high quality military equipment is below Syria, a current failed nation. Remove Pakistan from FATF, it will still stay at the bottom in the ranking index. A lot goes into identifying these rankings. Blind patriotism can cloud the legitimate issues to be addressed behind such rankings and it is not necessarily that everyone is against Pakistan for the heck of it. It is not a simple case of "...they hate us cos they ain't us....".

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

This ranking means Jack sqaut !!

It's not like you get to stay in 5 star hotel for 10 bucks if you have any other country's passport you still pay same amount of money $$$$$ to rent a hotel room or pay taxi or cab

 

[GHALIB]

Indians are the africans of Asia?..

ha ha ha ......

 

[Mandalorian_CA]

Unless we make Gwadar another Dubai , I do not see Pakistan passport going up this century or in my life time. Its really heart breaking and the suffering and shit i have to go through just to get the nationality of a different country.

 

[Hareeb]

Like IMF and WB projections about Pak economy, this list better derseves some space in a dustbin.
On a serious note, international institutions should change the way of they collect data about Pakistan. Constant wrong projections year-on-year basis, and not updating their data in view of non-stop events and flow of data gives a bad name and doubts their cerdibility.

 

[VCheng]

lucky you got positive rating for top from bottom post .

The Positive Rating was removed for some reason. I suppose Positive Thinking can only last for a little while, and only Results endure.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

this list better derseves some space in a dustbin.

It may well do but that does not change the underlying fact. Pakistan has a terrible image across the world and that is even in Turkey and China. While both are more understanding of Pakistan but perception among both is Pakistan is a dump and near terror ridden place that is best avoided. To be fair both tend to be very diplomatic with words whereas rest of the world uses crude, brutal language about Pakistan. This might not matter but sadly it hurts Pakistan in billions of opportunity cost.

 

[Skywalker]

The Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid is known to do quite the opposite to what he is tasked with, whatever department he puts his hands on loses its lustre. It saddens every Pakistanis heart that our Passport is continuously sinking.
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The Pakistani passport has been ranked as the fourth worst passport for international travel by the Henley Passport Index.

New ranking: World's most powerful passports in 2021

The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world’s most travel-friendly passports since 2006, has released the latest ranking of

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Just a few years ago in January 2019, our PM promised to make our Passport Powerful and Respectful.

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Presently we don't feel honoured by the current Global status of our passport, hopefully this Govt will put its acts together and deliver on its promises.

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