Pak Tea House
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Pak Tea House is a cafe in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan that has traditionally been frequented by the city's artistic, cultural and literary personalities. Some of the most well-known regulars were Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmed Faraz, Saadat Hasan Manto, Muneer Niazi, Mira Ji, Kamal Rizvi, Nasir Kazmi, Professor Sayyid Sajjad Rizavi, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Dr. Muhammad Baqir, and Intezar Hussain.
Originally it was established as the India Coffee House before independence in 1947. Along with the writers who frequent it, it is also a favourite haunt of that section of the youth of Lahore with non-mainstream points of view. Pak Tea House is located on Mall Road Lahore, near Anarkali bazaar and Neela Gumbad.
- See also: Progressive Writers' Movement
