VEHARI, Feb 12: Bomb hoax spread panic at a private school in Karkhana Bazaar on Tuesday and forced the administration to evacuate the school building.

An identified person told principal Hafiz Imran that a bomb had been planted at the main gate of the school.

Mr Imran called Rescue 15 and the bomb disposal squad. However, the bomb disposal squad found only a bag full of medicines and other material from the main gate of the school. — Correspondent