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The internet has decided they too need a Fiza Ali in their lives after seeing the way the actor and TV host jumped to defend another woman on her Ramazan show Noor E Ramzan on 24 News.

Dr Nabiha Ali Khan, a psychologist and guest on the programme, began discussing troubles she was facing with her husband and in-laws, prompting an unexpected outpouring of emotion from Ali.

An enraged Khan told the host she was kicked out of her house by her husband, Haris Khokhar, at the insistence of his mother. A mother, the psychologist insisted, she’d always considered to be her own. She also said she’d stopped seeing as many patients because the stress was getting to her.

While this would have gotten a strong reaction from anyone, what the internet is actually talking about is how the host chose to handle this situation. Getting up from her chair and walking over to Khan, Ali asked whether mental health professionals were expected to “have hearts of stone”.

Pulling Khan into an embrace, Ali told her she wasn’t alone and pledged that anyone conspiring against her marriage “would be held accountable”. Addressing Khokhar through the screen, she made an impassioned plea, “Brother, I won’t leave you alone if you hurt her in any way!”

We love seeing girls having each other’s backs and so do many netizens who wished their own friends would stand up for them the way Ali stood up for Khan on live TV.

Can I compare thee to a summer’s day? No, compare our love to the love Fiza Ali had for Dr Nabiha.

Dr Kashif Faraz, an innocent bystander and psychologist who was seated next to Khan, was told — rather sternly — to get up and put his hand on her head as a sign of support. He didn’t deserve all that.

At least one user on X had a more proactive approach to finding a friend like the host, wondering aloud whether she had eaten anything for sehri.

All jokes aside, it is genuinely heartwarming to see a strong show of support for a woman who is brave enough to talk about the troubles she’s facing at home, especially in a society where girls are told to stay silent and compromise for the sake of their marriages.

Let’s hope Ali’s impassioned defence of her guest encourages other women to come forward when they need to and knocks some sense into their spouses.