Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed the importance of reform at public administrations in order to ensure the success of the new wage scale, reported the daily An Nahar daily on Sunday.

He explained: “My parliamentary bloc will object to the new wage scaled if it lacks clear means of funding.”

The army intelligence arrested on Saturday afternoon in the northeastern town of Arsal one of the main fugitives accused of setting up booby-trapped cars.

"Ahmed al-Atrash, nicknamed the 'Eagle of Arsal,' was arrested in the Bekaa town,” the state-run National News Agency reported.

The parents of students at Catholic schools threatened on Saturday to boycott classes, unless the new wage scale draft law is revised.

"We are no longer capable of paying tuition fees and bearing the expenses of education,” the head of the parents' committees at Catholic schools in Kesrouan, Joseph Bteish, said during a protest held at Beirut's Riad al-Solh Square.

Internal Security Forces arrested in Beirut on Saturday an Italian national who is wanted by the Interpol for belonging to a “criminal organization.”

"The Intelligence Bureau arrested Marcello Dell'Utri in a hotel in Beirut,” the ISF said in a released statement.

Internal Security Forces announced on Saturday arresting “one of the most dangerous fugitives” and seizing several vehicles in the Bekaa, as the security plan continues to be implemented in the region and in the North.

"Ali Khodr Jaafar, also known as Ali al-Shaar, is one of the most dangerous fugitives and is linked to several kidnapping operations,” an ISF communique detailed, noting that the arrest took place during a security operation in the region.

Speaker Nabih Berri called for a parliamentary session next week to discuss the new wage scale draft-law a day after the Joint Parliamentary Committees wrapped tackling it and referred it to the general assembly.

The state-run National News Agency reported that Berri called for a parliamentary session on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. to finish discussions on the new salary scale.

Three soldiers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon were injured on Saturday after their military vehicle overturned in the southern Tyre District, the state-run National News Agency reported.

According to NNA, the three peacekeepers are from the Malaysian contingent and were injured in the town of Maarakeh.

The Army Intelligence detained on Saturday Arab Democratic Party spokesman Abdul Latif Saleh, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Saleh was released few hours after questioning by the intelligence over his statements.

President Michel Suleiman assigned a number of financial and economic experts with studying the negative repercussions of the laws endorsed recently by the parliament, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Saturday.

According to the daily, the experts will brief Suleiman on the impact of the laws on the Lebanese economy before he takes a decision of signing them as they stipulate further spending of public money without assigning new funding resources.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun agreed not to extend the term of President Michel Suleiman, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

According to al-Liwaa newspaper, Hariri and Aoun discussed during a previous meeting in February in the French capital Paris the presidential elections along with the formation of Prime Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet.