Sakina is a fourth-year law student at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Her research interests involve international development and international law. She has previously interned at the National Commission on the Rights of the Child, and has served as the youngest Secretary-General of the Model United Nations society at LUMS.
The classification of the current conflict in Gaza is that of an occupation between Israel and the civilian population and a parallel non-international armed conflict between Israel and Hamas