Army today said 200 heavily-armed militants are waiting in 36 launching pads across the Line of Control (LoC) on the other side of Pir Panjal range and there is every possibility that Pakistan might try to divert the fringe elements of the home grown terrorist outfits on this side of the border.

General Officer Commanding (GOC), 16 Corps, Lt Gen K H Singh said in Jammu that the terror infrastructure across the border is active and terrorist organisations are receiving the support of Pakistani establishment including the army and ISI.

He said, there are inputs about possibility of attacks by Pakistan-based terror outfits on “soft targets” such as schools, religious places, military convoys and civilian areas in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of US President Barack Obama's India visit later this month. Lt. Gen Singh said, there are general inputs that terrorists might try to attack soft targets, including schools, religions places, army convoys and other civilian areas. He said the army is fully prepared to foil any such nefarious designs of the terrorist organisations.