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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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

Fire Records Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the la ...

. 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, ...

's Doorie,

Haroon Harun, also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun ( ar, هارون, ) is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron. Both are most likely of Ancient Egyptian origin, from ''aha rw'', meaning "warrior li ...

's Haroon Ka Nasha, Karavan's ''Saara Jahan'', Aaroh's Raag Neela and Mekaal Hasan Band's Saptak. 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's Aatish and Junoon's

Daur-e-Junoon ''Daur-e-Junoon'' ( ur, دورے جنون, literal English translation: "the era of junoon") is the second live album and overall the twelfth album released by the Pakistani rock band, Junoon. The album was released on March 29, 2002. The album ...

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

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* {{Music television channels in Canada Television networks in Pakistan ARY Digital Music television channels Television stations in Pakistan Television channels and stations established in 2003 Music organisations based in Pakistan Television stations in Karachi

Programs

The Musik Records

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