Reported in The News today the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) leadership has said that preparations for the All Pakistan Istahkaam-e-Pakistan Conference at the Minar-e-Pakistan on Sunday (April 17) have been completed. Also, it has warned that people would break all barricades and obstacles set up by the government to reach the venue. This was stated by the SIC Chairman, Sahabzada Fazal Kareem, and other leaders while addressing a press conference on Thursday. They said the workers of all the component parties of the SIC were working to make the conference a major success. Fazal Kareem said the conference would issue a religious edict (Fatwa) signed by over one thousand religious scholars from all over the world against the suicide attacks.