
With the Tamasha Season 5 moving into an intense battle, Esra has taken over as Wazir, and the games have grown to be difficult as well. In episode 18, the balloon game became the highlight when a physical altercation broke out between Babrik Shah and Yasir Alam over Rabia Javaid Sheik. In the game, the contestant had to keep their balloons bouncing till the last one standing; the players were not allowed to touch each other, nor could they push the other player’s balloon away. The simple game turned intense when Yasir, to protect his balloon, crashed into Rabia, who claimed he had grabbed her. An argument broke out, and Babrik came forward to defend Rabia, which turned into him pushing Yasir. They both struggled to keep the balloon afloat, and Yasir sat down, claiming that Babrik had hit him.
Babrik did win the game; however, the feud between the two has sparked an online debate about Babrik and his alliance with Rabia. How Yasir and Babrik clashed, and how no action was taken when Rabia repeatedly complained about being touched, became a debate about gameplay, politics, and inappropriate conversations.

While Yasir’s game had mixed reactions, Babrik’s flirtation and uncomfortable conversations with Rabia throughout the episodes were also highlighted. Babrik’s consistent gameplay and patience also won acclaim, as a user commented:

Lauding how Babrik and Rabia were the only ones standing by the end, another user commented:

While appreciating Babrik, a netizen stated that Yasir was the one pushing Rabia and Babrik. They posted:

Another user came forward and defended Babrik for supporting Rabia and posted:
people saying “babrik kiyun cheekh rha tha yasir pr rabiya ke sath about the touch” well weren’t zayb samiya and yasir shouting together at babrik too? these 3 supporting each other is fine? but God forbid babrik supported rabiya right?#tamasha5
— ren ♡ (@_lov3ren) August 26, 2026

Some also came forward to defend Yasir, stating that his touching a woman was unnecessarily brought into the argument. A viewer took to X and posted:
Babrik s balloon didn’t touch down .
Rabia is playing women card here , I don’t see yasir touching her inappropriately.
Yasir was pushing her balloon away in the game & she was protecting her balloon this is what happened NOTHING ELSE
Babrik : larki ko hara raha ha touch kr… pic.twitter.com/16boGFi9hN
— INTROVERT🪞🌸 (@SuiiDhagaa) August 25, 2026
Calling Rabia’s discomfort an attempt to gain sympathy, a netizen added:
Babrik and Rabiya are seriously getting on my nerves with their constant double standards and drama. Rabiya seems fine with Babrik’s double meaning jokes but reacts strongly to Yasir’s slight tiuch, while often using tears or the “woman card” for sympathy.
— 𝗭𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗸𝗵 ⁱᴾⁱᵃⁿ (@ZohairA28116035) August 25, 2026

In Rabia’s defense, viewers came forward saying that her discomfort should have been taken seriously and action should have been taken by Badshah Salamat (Adnan Siddique); an X user posted:
Also BS need to address real issues ,he shld hv addressed that rabiya’s matter and let Yasir clarify it,shld hv addressed babrik too directly to have some control over what he is saying,if he can say that to Dr zee and esra why not to babrik?#Tamasha5
— Hani Khan (@Hanikhan2nd) August 26, 2026
Stating that Rabia constantly spoke up about her game being spoiled by Yasir holding, which was presented in the light of an inappropriate touch by Babrik, a netizen stated:
Also BS need to address real issues ,he shld hv addressed that rabiya’s matter and let Yasir clarify it,shld hv addressed babrik too directly to have some control over what he is saying,if he can say that to Dr zee and esra why not to babrik?#Tamasha5
— Hani Khan (@Hanikhan2nd) August 26, 2026





