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Top Jobs That are Financially Secure During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Published

5 years ago

June 26, 2020

For most people, when the economy is doing well, job security is the last thing on many people’s minds. But since the emergence of coronavirus, millions of Americans all over the world have suffered job loss due to the pandemic, and finding a new one may be even harder during this recession.

With the emergence of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control has issued various solutions to reduce the spread of the virus, including orders to stay home. Many Americans are indeed staying home to reduce the spread, but in doing so, it’s heavily impacting their livelihood.

This pandemic has impacted the lives of everyone, from serious illness to death, but if there’s one positive takeaway from all of it is its impact on society’s perception of lower-income jobs. Jobs that were once looked at as “entry-level” or low-paying jobs, have now been deemed as “essential businesses.”

The people working in these positions typically, live paycheck to paycheck and some don’t even have access to sick pay or healthcare… people in these positions are called “essential employees.” But before the pandemic, these people weren’t looked at as essential, they were simply looked at as “regular” workers.

That’s not saying that people in higher-up positions aren’t essential, because certain ones are, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the typical list of jobs that have the most financial security looks a little bit different now. Let’s take a look at the new and improved list of top jobs that offer the most job security since the emergence of the coronavirus.

Top Jobs With the Most Financial Security During the Coronavirus

Grocery Store Employees

When people think of coronavirus heroes, the first people that come to mind are doctors, nurses, and nursing assistants… Not to get things misconstrued, medical professionals are definitely the heroes that have helped keep our nation alive during the pandemic, but there is another group of heroes that has played a pivotal role in keeping the nation alive as well, and that is our grocery store workers.

According to northjersey.com, grocery store workers are the “unsung heroes” of the coronavirus. People forget that the grocery workers are just as much on the frontlines helping customers just as much as nurses are in treating patients.

Ever since the coronavirus has shaken the world to its core, the level of respect and appreciation for grocery store workers has increased dramatically. These overlooked workers are what the government calls “essential employees,” and to have a job in this field, you are very valuable now more than ever before.

Coronavirus has definitely changed the world’s perception of what grocery store workers do, and because of that, the job security in this field will always be in high demand. To all grocery store employees, you are appreciated; you are valued. Thank you.

Physicians

What better time than now to start your career as a physician? Since the emergence of the coronavirus, doctors have been needed now more than ever before. Yes, there will always be a need for doctors but with pandemic going on, there seems to be a shortage of doctors now.

To flatten the curve, doctors are now offering telehealth options now, and there are several doctors that are in favor of digital healthcare options. Yes, certain things can’t be done digitally but for everything else like standard virtual visits and writing prescriptions… those can all be done virtually, while still providing the same level of care.

But, of course, doctors are still needed on the frontlines to aid in testing and treating patients battling the virus. If you are a doctor that wants to help flatten the curve, here is a physician job search engine to find jobs in family medicine. Your assistance is needed.

Pharmacists

The world is in dire need of pharmacists now. Although there isn’t a cure for the coronavirus, there are treatments for some of the symptoms associated with the virus. Everything from inhalers and cough medicines to upper respiratory antibiotics and nasal sprays, the coronavirus takes a major toll on the body, especially for those with compromised immune systems.

Without pharmacists being out on the frontlines providing people with the medications prescribed by their doctors, the fatality rate may be higher than what it already is.

Truck Drivers

If you can recall, there was once a point in time not very long ago where there was an extreme shortage in toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and antibacterial cleaners like Lysol and bleach products… Well, how do you think those products hit the shelves of various stores? It’s from truck drivers.

You see these big 18-wheeler trucks on the road all the time but you never think about just how essential they are to society and the world of retail. The coronavirus has shed a bright light on these “newly essential” employees. Just remember, if it wasn’t for them leaving their families at home to drive overnight to get truckloads of toilet paper and antibacterial product to stores, nobody would be able to practice the sanitizing habits

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

Published

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.