Pompeo arrives in Pakistan hoping to 'reset' relations

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has arrived in Pakistan at a time when relations between the two countries have sunk to a new low.

The US last weekend cancelled a 300 million dollar Coalition Support Fund payment to Pakistan, and on board his plane to Pakistan, Mr Pompeo announced his appointment of an unpopular figure in Pakistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, as the new US special adviser on Afghan reconciliation.