Pakistan appeals against freeing Islamists convicted of U.S. journalist Pearl's beheading

FILE PHOTO: A man rides a bicycle past the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 27, 2016. Picture taken June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's government on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court to review its decision to free a British-born Islamist and three others convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.

The United States has expressed concern over the ruling and top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken repeated a call for accountability in his first phone call with Pakistan's foreign minister on Friday.