The prime minister was fully optimistic for taking the country economically forward, he stated while talking to a private news channel.

American high officials, he stated, had expressed the desire to increase trade and investment in Pakistan.

He said the United States was showing keen interest to import meat and cotton from Pakistan. "We need to have cooperation in food processing, power and oil sector," Razak Dawood stated.

He viewed improved quality of industrial products would help capture different international markets.

About tax documentation, the advisor said the documentation of economy was must to expand tax network and achieve revenue collection target.

To a question about slow pace of economy, he said the present government was making all-out efforts to achieve progress and prosperity in the economic, trade, textile and investment sectors.