DHAKA: India and Pakistan have held a daily military ceremony at their only land border crossing, a day after a suicide attack there killed dozens of people.

Despite earlier plans to suspend the ritual at Wagah, Pakistan’s military said it wanted the nation to unite against terrorism, reports the BBC.

The bomb exploded near the checkpoint on the Pakistani side, killing at least 55 people and injuring many more.

Funerals of those killed have been taking place across Punjab province.

Punjab army corps commander Lt-Gen Naveed Zaman told those present at Monday’s ceremony that they ‘proved that terrorists can't break the morale and zeal of the nation’.

Indian soldiers also took part on their side of the frontier. There were cheers on the Pakistani side but no spectators on the Indian side.

It would have been the first time the Wagah ritual had been called off since the two countries fought a war in 1971.

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BDST: 2108 HRS, NOV 03, 2014