ARY Musik (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani

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music channel, first launched in 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the

ARY Digital Network ARY Digital Network ( ur, ) is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service call ...

. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It features music genres including pop, rock, rap, bhangra, classical, and folk. It also airs interactive shows, celebrity interviews, comic fillers, theme shows, animations and live concerts. The channel's longest-running international music based show was ''Music Hour with Wiqar Ali Khan'', hosted in English and Pashto. ARY Musik is one of the first satellite channels to have live link-ups between its studios based in London, UK, USA,

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and

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Programs

Programs aired by ARY Musik include: * ''Bingo with Anoushey'' * ''Cellaholic Live' * ''Ghuru-Ho-Ja-Shuru'' * ''Musik Top Ten'' * ''Spot On Live'' * ''Singing With Ovais Singstar'' * ''Sajid Billa'' * ''Salam-e-Ishaq'' * ''Video on Trial'' * ''Just Drive''

The Musik Records

The Musik Records was a Pakistani record label that originated at the same time during the launch of ARY Musik and was active till the early 2010s. It retained ARY Musik's former name, The Musik. It was one of the two major record labels in Pakistan that was active till the 2010s with the other being

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. Some of the albums the label released include

Atif Aslam Atif Aslam is a Pakistani playback singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He has recorded many songs in both Pakistan and India, and is known for his vocal belting technique. Aslam predominantly sings in Urdu, but has also sung in Hindi, ...

Doorie Doorie (, , ) is the second album by Atif Aslam. Lyrics were written by Sameer Anjaan, Sayeed Qaudri, Atif Aslam, Sachin Gupta, Uzma and Shahzad while composed by Atif Aslam, Sachin Gupta and Mithoon Sharma. Performance ''Doorie'' was a gl ...

, Haroon's Haroon Ka Nasha,

Karavan Karavan ( ) was a hard rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1997. The band was founded by former Awaz lead guitarist Asad Ahmed with bassist Sameer Ahmed, who were soon joined by drummer Allan Smith and vocalist Najam Sheraz. ...

's ''Saara Jahan'',

Aaroh Aaroh ( ) is an alternative rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1998. The band was founded by keyboardist Kamran Khan and lead guitarist Nabeel Nihal . (This name was given to them by Shoaib Mansoor), who were joined by, Vocalist ...

's Raag Neela and

Mekaal Hasan Band Mekaal Hasan Band (, sometimes shortened to MHB) is an international sufi rock band formed in Lahore, Pakistan in 2000 by composer, singer-songwriter and guitarist Meekal Hasan. The band members have roots in different genres, including Pop mus ...

Saptak Saptak means "gamut" or "the series of eight notes". It denotes the set of swaras i.e. Ṣaḍja (Sa), Ṛiṣabha (Re), Gāndhāra (Ga), Madhyama (Ma), Panchama (Pa), Dhaivat (Dha), Niṣāda (Ni), Sadja (Sa) which comprise a musical scale ...

. The label had the distribution rights for these albums in Pakistan only. Prior to ARY Musik's launch, the record label was referred to as ARY Records. Albums released under ARY Records include

Faakhir Faakhir Mehmood ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor, singer, keyboradist, composer and music producer. He started out his career with the Pakistani musical group Awaz. However, due to conflicts of interest, the band split in 2000 and they all went t ...

's Aatish and Junoon's Daur-e-Junoon. In 2016, the label under the network name ARY Musik released Abrar-Ul-Haq's album Billo Part 2.

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Programs

The Musik Records

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