Egypt, Pakistan discuss joining forces against Muslim Brotherhood

Relations between Egypt and Pakistan have grown stronger as both countries seek to restrict the Muslim Brotherhood and parties supporting the group as well as fight extremism in Pakistan.
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Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami shout slogans after funeral prayers for the late former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in Karachi on June 18, 2019. - The UN human rights office called on June 18 for an "independent inquiry" into former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's death while in state custody. (Photo by ASIF HASSAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read - ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Egypt has been making overtures to Pakistan in a bid to increase its influence there and curtail the power of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups in Islamabad.

In a June 13 meeting in Cairo with Lt. Gen. Nadeem Raza, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the Pakistan Armed Forces, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed that he was looking forward to developing bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in combatting terrorism and extremism.

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