Sahebaan Community’s get-together to be held in Dubai on January 10
Dubai: The UAE Sahebaan Community, an Urdu-speaking Muslim community from the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, will organise a family get-together at Amity School, Al Gusais, Dubai, on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
The day-long programme will be held from 10 am to 9 pm and will feature a range of cultural events, competitions and recreational activities for families. UAE Sahebaan Convener and Patron H.M. Afroz Assadi said the event is aimed at strengthening community bonding and providing a platform for members of all age groups to participate.
The programme will include a ‘Teddy and Me’ event for children below seven years of age, cultural performances such as nasheed, qawwali and skits by children, a cooking competition for women, and various games for adults and families. Several kiosks will also be set up to showcase the talents of Sahebaan members, along with a book exchange kiosk.
As part of the event, Sahebaan Excellence Awards will be presented to Mateen Ahmed Chilmbi for Business Excellence, Mohammed Shafi Shaban for Sports, and Mohammed Iqbal Manna for Community Welfare. Meritorious students studying in the UAE who have scored above 90 per cent, as well as individuals who have achieved distinction in sports, will also be felicitated.
The chief guests for the programme will include Sahebaan Community patrons Hidayatullah Abbas, President of the Hidayath Group, and K.S. Nisar Ahmed, owner of Nash Engineering Company, Dubai. Several other dignitaries, including K.S. Imthiyaz Ahmed Karkala, will also attend the event.
Organisers said the gathering is expected to draw participation from Sahebaan families across the UAE.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
