Extra curricular activities are an important part of campus life. These include all university-based or university-sponsored cultural, educational, social and recreational activities not part of the regular curriculum but are an integral part of the living-learning community at the University of Peshawar. The students’ of the University of Peshawar are among the 3% privileged ones in Pakistan who
got the opportunity of admission to this prestigious seat of high learning. Apart from imparting quality education through standard academic procedure to provide skilled leadership to the society, the university equally takes care of personality building of students by a wide range of co-curricular activities. Managers of the students try their level best to use this platform as a principal vehicle for channelizing their potential for good end, give vent to their bubbly feelings, broaden their vision in the global context and refine their qualities as national architects. Khyber Literary Club established in 1986 as a pioneer society got its legal status recognized in 1994 with the decision of the Honorable Supreme Court whereby an alternate platform has to be provided to the students to ward them off the undesirable political activities, where they were enslaved by venomous designs of political parties. In the light of this ruling, later on, nine more societies namely Adventure and Hiking Club, Blood Donor Society, Creative art Society, Culture and dramatic society, Khyber Literary Club, Peshawar University Rifle association, Science Society, Social welfare and awareness society and Sports Society were established. Khyber Islamic Cultural Society, Photo-Video Club and Folk Art and Heritage Society have been established most recently. Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of Peshawar are the Chief Patron and Patron respectively of all the Societies, each society is looked after by an Organizer and Co-organizer. Under the overall supervision of a chief organizer, students’ cabinet of each society works under the guidance of its respective organizers. The cabinet of each society bears offices of a President, Vice President, General Secretary, Joint Secretary, Media Secretary and Public Relation Officer (1 male and 1 female). Session of the Students’ Societies is connected with the Academic Session which normally starts in September and continues to the end of August of next year. The Adventure/Hiking Club is trying to promote the adventure, as well as, natural tourism in Pakistan.