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CAIRO, Aug 29 (Aswat Masriya) – Our daily roundup of headlines in Egypt's main state-owned and private newspapers on Aug. 29, 2016:
Al-Ahram:
- President meets with US delegation to revive peace process
- Parliament approves VAT 'in principle'
- State Council finishes reviewing church building law
Akhbar Al-Youm:
- Parliament approves VAT 'in principle', reduces it to 13 per cent
- President calls for settling disputes of investors, continuing support for them
- Launch of national project to build schools in collaboration with private sector
Al-Masry al-Youm:
- Disputes between parliamentarians and government over churche building law
- Release of Amr Badr, Malek Adly
Al-Watan:
- Agriculture ministry reinstates zero ergot policy in wheat
- State council to parliament: civil service law is "unconstitutional"
Al-Shorouk:
- Objections in parliament postpone passing of church building law
- Agriculture ministry reinstates zero ergot policy in wheat
- Egypt's cabinet approves harsher punishments to FGM