These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers. 

The Times of Malta leads with calls by a magistrate to tweak 'draconian' aspects of current drug laws which sometimes force the judiciary to jail first-time offenders, ruining lives in the process. 

The Malta Independent reports that PD leader Marlene Farrugia remained "unfazed" by reports that her proposed coalition partners the PN asked developers' lobby chief Sandro Chetcuti to stand for election. 

L-Orizzont leads with news that an emergency EU fund has allocated €90m to strengthen migrant protection measures. 

In-Nazzjon reports that the mysterious Egrant company named in the Panama Papers is to be liquidated. 

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