Patari (Urdu: پٹاری) is a Pakistani music streaming service founded in February 2015 by Khalid Bajwa, Faisal Sherjan, Iqbal Talaat Bhatti and Humayun Haroon.
[4][5] [6] According to the chief creative officer of Patari, the initial plan was to create an online Pakistani drama serial portal.
However, when this did not succeed, the Jang Group’s Chief Strategy Officer Faisal Sherjan, encouraged Patari's founders to focus on music instead.
People were sharing screenshots, making memes, trading tips on how to get invites and reaching out to us to tell us how much they love Pakistani music and Patari” said Khalid Bajwa.
[15][16] On 30 December 2016, Patari received a total amount of US$200,000 in seed funding from the investment firm Sarmayacar.