Aqsa is currently a Trainee Lawyer with Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants in Dubai, UAE. She is a member of the Litigation and Corporate team dealing with Commercial, Corporate, Property and Real Estate matters. Aqsa is an aspiring solicitor with a keen interest in social activism, human rights, and women empowerment.

Prior to Galadari, Aqsa has completed a wide range of legal internships in the region with prominent companies and law firms, namely INCE, Afridi & Angell, Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing, and Wall Street Exchange LLC including a 6-month internship at the DIFC Courts in the Arbitration Department. Aqsa was awarded an LL.B. Honours Law degree from Middlesex University Dubai in 2019. During her university years, Aqsa was the student assistant for the Future Lawyers Network, an initiative in partnership with Microsoft which linked law students with seasoned lawyers from different areas of law by conducting workshops and seminars. Aqsa was selected for the national program called e7 Banat – Daughters of the Emirates in 2019 where 30 young girls from across the 7 Emirates of the UAE (Emiratis and Long-term residents) are selected to participate in an incubator and seed funding program. Through this program, Aqsa co-founded a social initiative called PowerUP AE as a member of the 2019 cohort of e7 Banat, which aimed at reducing educational inequality and improving career opportunities for underprivileged youth in the UAE. Her team won the highest funding at the pitch. She continues to support the e7 organization as a committee member. She is the founder of What Pakistani Women Want, a platform dedicated to supporting the Pakistani diaspora of women all around the world. In August 2020, she was elected to serve on the Executive Board 2020-2022 of Pakistan Youth Forum- Dubai (official youth wing of Pakistan Association Dubai) as the Head of Special Projects.