[6] Sanam is a journalist based in Karachi[7][8] who has contributed to Express Tribune,[9] Dawn,[10] Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, The Scroll and Roads and Kingdoms.
Sanam has written articles on the culture of Pakistan, business politics, women and minority rights for more than ten years.
[11][12] For a short time, Sanam worked on the television, covering the conflict in the region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In 2018, Sanam worked on a book project with BBOD Pakistan and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s SOC Outreach.
[25][26] “Knowledge is Bulletproof” is a book on the life of Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, the two girls who were shot at with Malala Yousufzai in 2012.