India and Pakistan’s aggressive border closing ceremony has been stopped after soldiers complained the high goose-stepping was wrecking their knee joints and causing foot injuries.
The move has been agreed by Pakistani and Indian officers at either side of their Wagah border crossing between Amritsar and Lahore and the ceremony will now be toned down.
The decision brings to an end an institutionalised display of India-Pakistan hostility which drew thousands of rowdy nationalists and tourists every day.