Salman Khan with Shubreet

Superstar Salman Khan had started an employment campaign, ‘Veer’ for the specially-abled. The campaign kickstarted on January 26 and has been organised by Khan’s non-governmental organisation ‘Being Human’, soft drink brand Thums-Up, media news channel CNN IBN and American Indian Foundation, to raise awareness about the challenges faced by the specially-abled people, and also address them by providing education, employment, skill training and development and pressing upon the need for specially abled technology.

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As per sources, Sallu said at an awareness and fundraising campaign held at a suburban hotel, “This is just the beginning. Just see what happens next. This year 1000 brave people will get employed. I hope next year twice the numbers of people are employed and the number keeps on increasing.”

Salman Khan also matched steps with physically-challenged dancer Shubreet Kaur Ghumman there. Shubhreet, a resident of Sangrur in Punjab, lost her leg in a road accident in 2009.