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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Café in Lahore, Pakiatan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Pak Tea House</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="category">Restaurant</span> information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1940</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirajuddin_Ahmed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sirajuddin Ahmed (page does not exist)">Sirajuddin Ahmed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous <span class="nowrap">owner(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surtej_Singh_Bhalla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Surtej Singh Bhalla (page does not exist)">Surtej Singh Bhalla</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaiser_Singh_Bhalla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kaiser Singh Bhalla (page does not exist)">Kaiser Singh Bhalla</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Food type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">Tea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cafe" class="mw-redirect" title="Cafe">cafe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Street address</th><td class="infobox-data">Lahore, Punjab</td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data locality"><a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data">Punjab</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Pakistan</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pak Tea House in <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></b> is a haunt of writers and poets, known for its association with progressive academics and left-leaning South Asian <a href="/wiki/Intelligentsia" title="Intelligentsia">intelligentsia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tribune_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditionally frequented by country's notably artistic, cultural and literary personalities, it was founded by a <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_Pakistan" title="Sikhism in Pakistan">Sikh family</a> in 1940 and quickly acquired its current name after it was leased to one of the locals in Lahore after the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of India</a> in 1947. Intervention of <a href="/wiki/Lahore_High_Court" title="Lahore High Court">Lahore High Court</a> had led to the re-opening of the Tea House in 2013. Noted for being the birthplace of influential literary movement, the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Writers%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive Writers' Association">Progressive Writers' Association</a>, the place is described as a hub of Lahore's intellectual life for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tribune2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pak_Tea_House&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The café was set up in 1940 as the "India Tea House" by Boota Singh, a <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_Pakistan" title="Sikhism in Pakistan">Sikh family</a> in Lahore.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944, it was taken over by two Sikh brothers Surtej Singh Bhalla and Kaiser Singh Bhalla. It remained closed during the 1947 partition riots, and in 1948, Sirajuddin Ahmed, a local food supplier, rented the place from <a href="/wiki/Young_Men%27s_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Young Men's Christian">Young Men's Christian Association</a>'s administration. He renamed it "Pak Tea House" in 1950 and ran this restaurant successfully from 1948 to 1978. After his death, his son Zahid Hasan managed the cafe and restaurant. This historic tea house was known as a meeting place and was frequented by the city's artists and literary personalities, especially until the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was closed in 2000 with the decline in customers. During this period, its ownership was taken over by the <a href="/wiki/Young_Men%27s_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Young Men's Christian">Young Men's Christian Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the luminaries known to visit Pak Tea House, were: <a href="/wiki/Faiz_Ahmed_Faiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Faiz Ahmed Faiz">Faiz Ahmed Faiz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibn-e-Insha" title="Ibn-e-Insha">Ibn-e-Insha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Faraz" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Faraz">Ahmed Faraz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saadat_Hasan_Manto" title="Saadat Hasan Manto">Saadat Hasan Manto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Malihabadi" title="Josh Malihabadi">Josh Malihabadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahir_Ludhianvi" title="Sahir Ludhianvi">Sahir Ludhianvi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munshi_Premchand" class="mw-redirect" title="Munshi Premchand">Munshi Premchand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Majrooh_Sultanpuri" title="Majrooh Sultanpuri">Majrooh Sultanpuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._D._Taseer" title="M. D. Taseer">M. D. Taseer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krishan_Chander" title="Krishan Chander">Krishan Chander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ismat_Chughtai" title="Ismat Chughtai">Ismat Chughtai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rahi" title="Ahmad Rahi">Ahmad Rahi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muneer_Niazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Muneer Niazi">Muneer Niazi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meeraji" title="Meeraji">Meeraji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Nadeem_Qasmi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi">Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Habib_Jalib" title="Habib Jalib">Habib Jalib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaifi_Azmi" title="Kaifi Azmi">Kaifi Azmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Ahmed_Rizvi" title="Kamal Ahmed Rizvi">Kamal Ahmed Rizvi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nasir_Kazmi" title="Nasir Kazmi">Nasir Kazmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agha_Shorish_Kashmiri" title="Agha Shorish Kashmiri">Intezar Hussain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajinder_Singh_Bedi" title="Rajinder Singh Bedi">Rajinder Singh Bedi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Firaq_Gorakhpuri" title="Firaq Gorakhpuri">Firaq Gorakhpuri</a>, Ustad <a href="/wiki/Amanat_Ali_Khan" title="Amanat Ali Khan">Amanat Ali Khan</a>, Agha Shorish Kashmiri, Professor Sayyid Sajjad Rizvi, Dr. Muhammad Baqir, Shaheer Ahmad Khan and Syed <a href="/wiki/Qasim_Mahmood" title="Qasim Mahmood">Qasim Mahmood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pak Tea House became a birthplace of the influential literary movement, the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Writers%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive Writers' Association">Progressive Writers' Association</a> in Pakistan, known for <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left-wing politics</a> since its foundation in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many writers frequented it, and it was also a favorite gathering place of the section of Lahore's youth with <b>non-mainstream points of view</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It maintained a reputation as a forum for people of diverse backgrounds to voice their opinions in a non-judgmental atmosphere.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, it was closed by its owner due to lack of business, a decision criticized by the intellectual community of Lahore.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It remained closed for 13 years until 2 February 2012 when, on the orders of the Lahore commissioner, Pak Tea House was again put under the control of the YMCA.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 March 2013, Pak Tea House located on Mall Road, near Neela Gumbad and Anarkali Bazaar, was reinaugurated by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Punjab (Pakistan)">Government of Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNI_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2013, the government handed over the Pak Tea House to the Walled City Lahore Authority.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pak Tea House is still popular amongst students who reportedly say that the food and snacks are reasonably priced and of good quality. Pictures of many literary figures who used to visit this place, are mounted on the cafe's walls.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reopening">Reopening</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pak_Tea_House&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reopening"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2012, the government of Punjab announced its intention to reopen the Pak Tea House, where it would support itself.<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On Friday 8 March 2013, Lahore's iconic Pak Tea House reopened after 13 years of closure. Among the attendees was the Pakistani writer <a href="/wiki/Ata_ul_Haq_Qasmi" title="Ata ul Haq Qasmi">Ata ul Haq Qasmi</a>. Pak Tea House remains a special place for those who remember Lahore's lively literary and cultural past.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pak_Tea_House&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberalism_and_progressivism_within_Islam" title="Liberalism and progressivism within Islam">Liberalism and progressivism within Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Writers%27_Movement" title="Progressive Writers' Movement">Progressive Writers' Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secularism_in_Pakistan" title="Secularism in Pakistan">Secularism in Pakistan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pak_Tea_House&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03/19/pak-tea-house-restoration-it-is-going-to-take-a-while/pak-tea-house/">"Pak Tea House"</a>. <i>Pakistan Today (newspaper)</i>. 19 March 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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