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Pop superstar Michael Jackson has accepted an invitation to perform in Islamic Pakistan, an official said Thursday, but opposition by religious leaders could cancel the concert. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, minister of culture and sports, said the concert had been set for April 14 in the eastern city of Lahore, the country's cultural center. But he said threats by religious leaders to close airports and organize street protests could force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to rescind the offer. "The final decision is the prime minister's," Ahmed said. "But I don't know what they are so afraid of. If Noor Jehan, a famous Pakistani classical singer, can go to the United States why can't Michael Jackson come here?"