Pak Tea House

Pak Tea House
Restaurant information
Established1940
Owner(s)Sirajuddin Ahmed
Previous owner(s)Surtej Singh Bhalla, Kaiser Singh Bhalla
Food typeTea and cafe
Street addressLahore, Punjab
CityLahore
StatePunjab
CountryPakistan

Pak Tea House in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan is a haunt of writers and poets, known for its association with progressive academics and left-leaning South Asian intelligentsia.[1][2]

Traditionally frequented by country's notably artistic, cultural and literary personalities, it was founded by a Sikh family in 1940 and quickly acquired its current name after it was leased to one of the locals in Lahore after the partition of India in 1947. Intervention of Lahore High Court had led to the re-opening of the Tea House in 2013. Noted for being the birthplace of influential literary movement, the Progressive Writers' Association, the place is described as a hub of Lahore's intellectual life for many years.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Pak Tea House". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 19 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Ayesha Siddiqa (6 March 2013). "The end of Pak Tea House". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Nawaz reopens Pak Tea House in Lahore". Dawn (newspaper). Associated Press Of Pakistan. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tribune2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).