Putrajaya (Malaysia): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on October 17 asked the United States to "work harder" and "do more" for resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue, saying that the two countries were "not moving forward" bilaterally.

"They (US) are doing their best, they are trying to facilitate or encourage but unfortunately the dialogue has not started. So one feels that they (US) need to work harder, because bilaterally we are not moving forward," he said when asked what role Washington could play in bringing India and Pakistan to the negotiating table.

"So much more needs to be done to start the process of dialogue on all issues, especially the Kashmir issue because we have fought wars on it. And the US has a role to play because bilateralism is not functioning, so multilateralism or mediation or facilitation is required and the US had to do more," he told a press conference on the sidelines of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit.

Asked about the present status of the peace initiative in the backdrop of the recent war of words at the recent UN General Assembly session, Musharraf said it was high time that the two sides started the dialogue process.

"That ultimately will lead to a peaceful resolution of all our disputes. Otherwise this tension will continue to the detriment of both our countries and to the entire South Asian region," he said.

On whether the two countries could move ahead in areas such as trade keeping aside the Kashmir issue, the Pakistani leader said, "I do not think that is possible."

PTI