New | Pakistan gunmen in fresh attack at checkpoint near Karachi airport

Around 10 gunmen attacked a security checkpost outside Pakistan’s Karachi airport on Tuesday, officials said, and were exchanging fire with troops, a day after a siege by the Taliban left 37 dead.

The attack raises further questions about authorities’ ability to secure key facilities in the face of a seemingly resurgent enemy, as a nascent peace process with the Pakistani Taliban lies in tatters.

“Gunmen are exchanging fire with Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel at a checkpost guarding the airport,” an ASF spokesman said.

He continued: “They are moving back, we are trying to nab them,” adding that no security forces had so far been hurt or killed.

Another security official at the scene told reporters that the attack involved around 10 militants.

Flights were suspended once more, having resumed following the previous attack.

“We have suspended all flight operations at Karachi airport and we are evacuating passengers,” said Mashud Tajwar, a spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines.