The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

Times of Malta quotes the Commission of the Rights for People with Disabilities saying that legalising abortion in cases of foetal impairment would be tantamount to genocide. In another story, the newspaper says that intercepted phone calls and surveillance by the Security Service, among others, led to the arrest of four men over the failed car bomb attempt in Fgura in January.

L-Orizzont also leads with a story on the arrest of four men on Thursday following the failed car bomb.

The Malta Independent says principal permanent secretary Mario Cutajar has no problem with 700 people employed on a trust basis.

In-Nazzjon leads with the shutting down of Panama Papers law firm Mossack Fonseca.

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