PESHAWAR: Awami National Party parliamentary secretary in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Sardar Hussain Babak on Tuesday warned that the Chief Minister`s House and other important installations in the provincial capital would become unsafe if targeted killing of his party workers continued.

Strongly reacting to the assassination of ANP organising secretary Anwarul Haq in Peshawar in the day, Mr Babak insisted that the provincial government and state institutions had failed to stop targeted killing of political workers, especially those of ANP.

`Enough is enough. ANP can`t remain silent on the target killing of its workers. If the government can`t ensure security of our workers, thenthe Chief Minister`s House, office of the police chief and other important buildings will become unsafe,` he warned while speaking on a point order in the assembly.

The ANP leader said state institutions should admit their failure to check the assassination of ANP workers.

He said if state institutions didn`t admit their failure on targeted killings of his party workers, then it meant they too were involve d in such acts.

Mr Babak said being followers of Bacha Khan, ANP workers firmly believed in non-violence but the prevailing situation showed that `ANPminus formula` had been adopted.

He said the government had withdrawn police escorts from them and banned issuance of permits for AK47 rifles, so ANP leaders couldn`t protect themselves.

`Mr Speaker, our hands have been tied, so the situation is forcing our workers to take the law into their own hands,` he said.

The opposition benches also condemned killing of the ANP workers and expressed solidarity with theparty and bereaved families.

Opposition leader Maulana Lutfur Rehman said it was the government`s responsibility to take action against terrorists and criminals.

He said many groups were involved in targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom and extortion in the province.

Qaumi Watan Party`s parliamentary leader Sikandar Khan Sherpao said workers of `selected` political parties were under attack in the province and therefore, state institutions should step in and provide them with adequate protection.Elementary and secondary education minister Mohammad Atif condemned the killing of ANP leader but criticised Mr Babak for issuing a `threatening` statement.

`It`s inappropriate to criticise state institutions. Target killing of political workers had taken place in the past but ANP never besieged or attacked the Chief Minister`s House,` he said.

The minister`s remarks annoyed opposition members, who staged a walkout in protest.

Later, higher education ministerMushtaq Ahmad Ghani said sorry for his cabinet colleague Mohammad Atif`s remarks.

Hours later, the opposition staged another walkout when Chief Minister Pervez Khattak reprimanded Pakistan Muslim League MPA Sardar Aurangzeb Nalotha for saying if the chief minister couldn`t protect privilege of his own party`s MPAs, then he had no right to remain the leader of the house.

Mr Nalotha was referring to MPA of the ruling party Fazal Elahi, who had earlier tabled a privilege motion against the environment secretary.

In the privilege motion, Fazal Elahi complained that the environment secretary didn`t allow him to attend a meeting although he was formally invited by special assistant to the chief minister Ishtiaq Urmar.

`I won`t tolerate such remarks in future,` the chief minister said angrily.

The reaction stirred commotion forcing the opposition members to walk out of the house. Later, Speaker Asad Qaisar prorogued the session after the opposition members refused to end its boycott.