Pakistan, July 31 -- The SC on Wednesday ruled that divorced daughters are entitled to their father's pension irrespective of whether their divorce occurred before or after his death, calling for a review of pension regulations that it said were built on patriarchal assumptions and negative stereotypes about women.

The 10-page verdict was authored by Justice Ayesha Malik, who upheld a SHC ruling in favor of a woman named Sorath Fatima, the daughter of a deceased employee of Sindh's Road and Transport Department. After Fatima's father passed away in 2002, her mother received his pension until she also died in 2012.

As an unmarried daughter, Fatima initially received the pension, which was ceased by the provincial government after she got...