Lahore Gymkhana Club

Lahore Gymkhana Club is a sports club in Lahore, Pakistan. It offers sports including golf, swimming and squash, and organizes social activities for the members.[1] It is situated on Upper Mall Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam.[2]

Lahore Gymkhana club was formed in 1st May 1878 with the objective of providing social and intellectual recreation to the residents of Lahore and Lahore Cantonment. The Club is spread over an area of 117.03 acres (0.4736 km2) on the land leased from Punjab Government.

There are multiple facilities which the members can avail. These can be categorized into sports, leisure, parties/events etc. The club has an existing membership of above five thousand.

Gymkhana Club was established before the Partition of India in 1947. After independence its control came in the hands of local people, and the club now run by a committee of elected members. It was the first of its type in Pakistan, and later opened branches in Karachi and Gawader as well.

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