The judicial commission in its directive on March 18 asked Haqqani to appear before the commission personally. Haqqani had submitted an undertaking to apex court and made commitment to appear before the commission on need basis. Haqqani's counsel Sajid Tanoli told Business Recorder that his client pleaded before Supreme Court of Pakistan to provide him equal treatment as being provided to Ijaz Mansoor. In the petition, Haqqani had made some reservations regarding his security and prayed to the commission to record his statement through video conferencing in a manner earlier adopted in the case of Mansoor Ijaz.
Tanoli further said Haqqani claimed he had life threat in Pakistan as "Mansoor had developed his close contacts with security agencies of the world." Hence, he could not appear before the Memo Commission at Islamabad High Court in Pakistan. Haqqani sought more time to appear before the commission as he was working in the US and prior permission of his employer is necessary.