France’s Highest Honor For Paris’ Last Newspaper Vendor, Ali Akbar

Ali Akbar, a newspaper vendor, who was reached from the streets of Paris to the presidency, was awarded France’s highest civilian honor.

Ali Akbar, 72, from Rawalpindi, has been known for the past five decades as a newspaper seller in St. Germain de Fairy, the leading area of Paris, has been awarded France’s highest honor Légion D’Honneur.

The award was given to him by French President Emmanuel Macron during a special ceremony at Eliza Palace.

Ali Akbar was born in extreme poverty in Rawalpindi in 1953, he left school at the age of 12 and continued to work various labor work, learned to read his hard work and reached Paris in 1973 through Afghanistan, Iran and Greece.

Since 1974, he has been selling famous French newspapers like Le Monde and Les Echos in the streets of Paris and won the hearts of people with his unique voice and smile.

According to the New York Times, Ali Akbar is considered to be the last newspaper of France, a profession that was at its peak in the 1960s but is now disappearing, the locals of Paris love him immensely.