Claim: A video shows Salman Akram Raja’s sister misbehaving with a Bykea rider.
Fact: The woman in the video is not related to Raja. She has been identified as Masooma Bibi and an FIR has been registered against her, according to news reports.
On 18 February 2025, a post on Facebook showed a video where a woman was verbally and physically abusing a man. According to the post’s caption, the woman was the sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Secretary General Salman Akram Raja and the man was identified as a Bykea delivery rider.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check conducted a reverse-image search of the keyframes of the video. This led us to an article by Dialogue Pakistan that claimed the incident took place in Islamabad, outside Polyclinic Hospital, after a minor accident involving the woman’s car and the man’s motorcycle. According to the article, the man was “riding a Bykea, a bike-hailing service”.
We then conducted a Google search for the keywords “Woman misbehaves with Bykea Islamabad”. This led us to a news article by 24 NEWS HD that identified the woman as Masooma Bibi, a resident of Bani Gala, Islamabad. According to the article, a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Masooma Bibi.
Then, searching Google for “Masooma Bibi Bykea”, we came across another article reporting the incident, published by The Current, that identified the Bykea rider as Syed Irfan, according to a first Information Report (FIR) that was filed at the Women’s Police Station in Islamabad’s Sector G-7 on 18 February. The same article also identified the accused as “Masooma Bibi, a resident of Bani Gala” while citing media reports.
None of the news reports on the incident mentioned that Masooma Bibi, the accused, was related to PTI’s Secretary General.
Finally, Soch Fact Check reached out to Salman Akram Raja for a statement on this video. He responded, and confirmed that “The woman in the video has nothing to do with me.”
Thus, Soch Fact Check concludes that the woman in the video is not related to Salman Akram Raja. Posts circulating with this claim on social media are false.
Virality
On Facebook, the post has amassed 197 K views.
On X, the post has amassed 170 K views.
Conclusion: The woman in the video misbehaving with a Bykea rider is not Salman Akram Raja’s sister. She has been identified as Masooma Bibi, a resident of Bani Gala, Islamabad, and is not related to the PTI Secretary General at all.
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