Retired judge Rasheed Razvi, one of four lawyers for suspended chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, said both administrations should break their silence on the unrest in Pakistan in the wake of Chaudhry's removal from office.

"The United Kingdom and the US are absolutely silent on this issue. They want to have a war on terrorism but they are least interested in the likes of the people in Pakistan," Razvi said while in Hong Kong for a legal conference.

"They should come forward. They want democracy all over the world. Why do they not want a true and real democracy in Pakistan?" he asked.

His comments follow a request Tuesday from key US lawmakers President George W Bush's administration to ensure that Musharraf does not renege on a pledge to hold elections this year.