bx slider: How to continue auto sliding after clicking in default bx pager?

I want to continue the autosliding after clicking on a bx pager item.

Here's the code:

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('.bxslider').bxSlider({
        mode: 'horizontal', //mode: 'fade',            
        speed: 500,
        auto: true,
        infiniteLoop: true,
        hideControlOnEnd: true,
        useCSS: false
    });

    $(".bx-pager-link").click(function () {
        console.log('bla');            
        slider = $('.bxslider').bxSlider();
        slider.stopAuto();
        slider.startAuto();
        //slider.stopShow();
        //slider.startShow();
    });
});

The uncommented stopShow() and startShow() function doesn't work at all. startAuto() continues the slideshow but the bx pager navigation is frozen. The active dot stays active even if new slide appears. How to solve that?