Sanna worked as an anchor at the state-owned Pakistan Television Corporation for two and a half years. However, she was fired from her job on 9 May 2018 because of her activism at PTM.[6][7] In late 2018, she also lost her job at a nongovernmental advocacy organization named Shirkat Gah.[8] Regarding her association with PTM, she said: "I was not doing anything wrong by supporting a peaceful demand for justice, for constitutional rights, and for peace. I will not back down."[9]