Pak Tea House (
Urdu: پاک ٹی ہاؤس) is a tea house and cafe in
Lahore,
Punjab,
Pakistan that is known for its association with academics, writers, poets and
intelligentsia.
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| Pak Tea House | |
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| Wikimedia | Pak Tea House | |
| Established | 1940 |
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| Owner | Sirajuddin Ahmed |
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| Previous owners | Surtej Singh Bhalla, Kaiser Singh Bhalla |
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| Food type | Tea and café |
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| Location | Aabkari Road, Neela Gumbad, Mall Road, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, Pakistan |
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| Coordinates |
31.5673°N 74.3127°E |
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| Seating capacity | 50-60 |
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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.
[2] It was closed in 1999 due to lack of business, but through 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.
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