Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah played a key role in persuading Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil to accept an electoral law fully based on proportional representation and to seek President Michel Aoun's signature on a decree opening an extraordinary legislative session with the aim of appeasing Speaker Nabih Berri, media reports said.

The Free Patriotic Movement is seeking consensus on a host of “guarantees and annexes” after the latest agreement that was reached on an electoral law based on proportional representation and 15 districts, a media report said on Sunday.

The Lebanese army's artillery was on Sunday pounding the posts of the militants in the outskirts of the eastern border towns of Arsal and Ras Baalbek, state-run National News Agency reported.

Palestinian activist Asef Moussa and another activist from the al-Badawi family were wounded Sunday in an attack on the Joint Palestinian Security Force in the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, state-run National News Agency reported.

A personal dispute between two religious figures in the Mount Lebanon's village of Baalchmay left one of the two men dead, media reports said on Saturday.

Reports said tension escalated in the area when a conflict between two religious sheikhs erupted near the municipality building killing one of the two men, Nidal al-Danaf.

Speaker Nabih Berri adjourned until June 12 a legislative session that was previously scheduled to convene on June 5 to tackle the country's electoral law, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement official and former MP Mustafa Allouch said the electoral law has made a long journey but some “details” still need to be discussed, as he voiced concerns about failure in that regard.

Progressive Socialist Party MP Akram Shehayyeb denied claims that relations between the PSP and the Free Patriotic Movement were troubled, and assured that the party is keen on having good ties with all political parties, the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat reported on Saturday.

“Relations with the FPM are not tepid. We are keen to have good relations with all political parties for Lebanon's interest,” said Shehayyeb in an interview to the daily.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri lashed out at Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat without naming him, as he assured that corruption accusations will not stop the “eager” efforts to provide the country, mainly Tripoli, with electricity.

“Electricity will come to Tripoli. There are new political figures who are giving us lessons while their history is known for being corrupt,” said Hariri.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said on Friday that a six months time period is needed to train the employees on the new electoral system before staging the parliamentary elections.