Café
Pak Tea House
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(Email Hidden By Airbnb) Shazia
January 18, 2019
Originally opened in 1940, it has been home to some of the biggest literary minds of South Asia. It was used as a meeting place for the Progressive Writer’s Association and the Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Zauq. In fact, the tea house’s claim to fame was that it served as the watering hole for countless names of eminence: Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Saadat Hassan Manto, Amrita Pritam, Munshi Premchand, Munir Niazi, Habib Jalib, Ashfaq Ahmad and many others. Despite conditions changing in recent years, it is still a place worth visiting for all the history it carries.
Originally opened in 1940, it has been home to some of the biggest literary minds of South Asia. It was used as a meeting place for the Progressive Writer’s Association and the Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Zauq. In fact, the tea house’s claim to fame was that it served as the watering hole for countless names of…
Location
Aabkari Road
Lahore, Punjab
Anarkali Bazaar