One backpacker told me that he had the same plan but was turned away at the boarder because he had a stamp from India in his passport.
This is not true story, many tourists cross this border every year, we never heard such story from any of the tourists who entered into Pakistan through wagah.
I crossed the border 2 weeks ago, and I had no problem at all. Everything is straightforward as long as you have your visas.
Enjoy. Pakistanis are very friendly and very kind.
Yer, everyone else has kind of nailed this already but - if you have valid travel docs for both countries the border shouldn't be an issue at all. I've crossed it many, many times in the last eight or so years and I have stamps from all over (not Israel) and never, ever had an issue - must have been another problem faced by this traveller and maybe he just wasn't willing to fess up. The India border guys are a bit pricklier than the Pakistanis so it can be an irritating process but if everything's in order they're usually perfectly pleasant so can't imagine an issue coming from India unless you had incorrect paperwork.
Try to avoid bringing Indian rupees from the Pak side - the India BSF like to roll travellers bringing more than a couple thousand rupees over - ostensibly to avoid 'counterfit' currency - and when you go from India to Pak you tend to get a better exchange rate from the money changers on the Pak side if you want Pak rupees. Not a great rate but enough to get you to Lahore. They will find you... :)
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