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3 Reasons Why Positive SSL Is Perfect For Simple Websites

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4 years ago

May 5, 2021

Figuring out the best SSL for your site is never a good time. For small website owners, it can especially be a minefield. With so many different price points and all this talk of validation levels and multiple subdomains, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed. Do you really need all that stuff for your site? The answer is probably not. That’s why this article is going to argue the virtues of the PositiveSSL certificate from Sectigo Certificate Authority (CA).

Whether you have a blog, an online portfolio, or a personal website, a Positive SSL is the perfect choice for bringing web encryption to your site. Here’s why:

Your site will be more secure

This is the case for SSL certificates in general, but it never hurts to stress the importance of web encryption. An SSL certificate will help create an encrypted connection between your site and anyone using it. This means that malicious actors will not be able to intercept any information sent over this connection. This is good for you and good for your users. When they visit your site and notice the padlock symbol in the browser address bar, they’ll immediately feel at ease.

It’s cheap and fast

When it comes to SSL certificates, the varying price points can be a little confusing. Different prices are due to many reasons, such as the CA or reseller you’re purchasing from, the number of domains and subdomains you have, and the validation level.

Positive SSL tends to be the most affordable option no matter where you’re purchasing it from because it’s for a single domain and has the lowest level of validation, known as domain validation. With domain validation, the CA will only check that you own the domain you wish to secure. Because this level of assurance has fewer checks than the other kinds, Positive SSL certificates tend to be issued faster, too. For a simple website that doesn’t require logins, filling in forms, or conducting business transactions, this kind of SSL is all you need.

It’s from a trusted CA

Having been in the cybersecurity business for over two decades, Sectigo accounts for over 34% of the global commercial SSL certificate market. For this reason, it’s a name that is synonymous with trust. Not all CAs are created equal, so when you come across a new CA, it’s vital to do your research to ensure that their certificates work with major web browsers. With Sectigo, this won’t be an issue.

Conclusion

These days, due to tightening security rules from web browsers and search engines, websites of all sizes need an SSL certificate, even your tiny, unassuming blog or personal website. Keep things affordable, easy, and — most importantly — secure by opting for a Positive SSL.

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TRG Chairman Khaishgi and CEO Aslam implicated in $150 million fraud

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6 days ago

June 23, 2025

Jenny Jackson

In a scathing 52-page decision, the Sindh High Court has found that TRG Pakistan’s management was acting fraudulently and that Bermuda-based Greentree Holdings historic and prospective purchase of TRG shares were illegal, fraudulent and oppressive.

The Sindh High Court has further directed TRGP to immediately hold board elections that have been overdue and illegally withheld by the existing board since January 14, 2025.

In the landmark ruling, the Sindh High Court has blocked the attempted takeover of TRG Pakistan Limited by Greentree Holdings, declaring that the shares acquired by Greentree, nearly 30% of TRG’s stock, were unlawfully financed using TRG’s funds in violation of Section 86(2) of the Companies Act 2017.

“Having concluded that the affairs of TRGP are being conducted in an unlawful and fraudulent manner and in a manner oppressive to members such as the Petitioner (Zia Chishti), the case falls for corrective orders under sub-section (2) of section 286 of the Companies Act,” Justice Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry concluded.

The case was brought by TRGP former CEO and founder Pakistani-American technology entrepreneur Zia Chishti against TRG Pakistan, its associate TRG International and TRG International’s wholly-owned shell company Greentree Limited. In addition, the case named AKD Securities for managing Greentree’s illegal tender offer as well as various regulators requiring that they act to perform their regulatory duties.

The case centred around the dispute that shell company Greentree Limited was fraudulently using TRG Pakistan’s own funds to purchase TRG Pakistan’s shares in order to give control to Zia Chishti’s former partners Mohammed Khaishgi, Hasnain Aslam and Pinebridge Investments.

According to the case facts, the Chairman of TRG Pakistan Mohammed Khaishgi and the CEO of TRG Pakistan Hasnain Aslam masterminded the $150 million fraud. They did so together with Hong Kong based fund manager Pinebridge who has two nominees on TRG Pakistan’s board, Mr. John Leone and Mr. Patrick McGinnis.

According to the court papers, Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis set up a shell company called Greentree which they secretly controlled and from which they started buying up shares of TRG Pakistan. The fraud was that Greentree was using TRG Pakistan’s funds itself. The idea was to give Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis control over TRG Pakistan even though they owned less than 1% of the company, lawyers of the petitioner told the court.

This was all part of a broader battle for control over TRG Pakistan that is raging between Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis on one side and TRG Pakistan founder Zia Chishti on the other side. Zia Chishti has been trying to retake control of TRG Pakistan after he was forced to resign in 2021 based on sexual misconduct allegations made by a former employee of his. This year those allegations were shown to be without basis in litigation that Chishti launched in the United Kingdom against The Telegraph newspaper which had printed the allegations. The Telegraph was forced to apologize for 13 separate articles it published about Chishti and paid him damages and legal costs.

After Chishti resigned in 2021, Khaishgi, Aslam, Leone, and McGinnis moved to take total control over TRG Pakistan and its various subsidiaries including TRG International and to block out Chishti. The Sindh High Court’s ruling today has reversed that effort, ruling the scheme fraudulent, illegal, and oppressive.

It now appears that Zia Chishti will take control of TRG Pakistan in short order when elections are called. He and his family are now the largest shareholders with over 30% interest. He is closely followed by companies related to Jahangir Siddiqui & Company which have over a 20% interest. The result appears to be a complete vindication for Zia Chishti and damning for his rivals Aslam, Khaishgi, Leone, and McGinnis who have been ruled to have been conducting a fraud.

TRG Pakistan’s share price declined by over 8% on the news on heavy volume. Market experts say that this was because the tender offer at Rs 75 was gone and that now shares would trade closer to their natural value. Presently the shares are trading at Rs 59 per share.

According to the court ruling, since 2021, shell company Greentree had purchased approximately 30% of TRG shares using $80 million of TRG’s own money, which means that that the directors of TRG Pakistan allowed company assets to be funneled through offshore affiliates TRG International and Greentree for acquiring TRG’s shares – a move deemed both fraudulent and oppressive to minority shareholders. The Sindh High Court also found illegal Greentree’s further attempt to purchase another 35% of TRG shares using another $70 million of TRG’s money in a tender offer.

The ruling is a major victory for the tech entrepreneur Zia Chishti against his former partners and the legal ruling paves the way for him to take control of TRG in a few weeks.