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Game of Thrones Season 6: Spoilers from Episode 3 - Has Jon Snow really broken the Night's Watch oath?

10:03 PM | 9 May, 2016
Game of Thrones Season 6: Spoilers from Episode 3 - Has Jon Snow really broken the Night's Watch oath?
LAHORE (Ali Zain) - "My watch has ended," said Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, walking away to conclude the third episode of Game of Thrones Season 6, Oathbreaker. But, given the rules of Night's Watch, every deserter must be punished with death, and hence at the end of the episode a question must have arisen in every fans mind: Has Jon Snow really broken his oath and fallen into disgrace?

However, looking at the Night's Watch oath, which reads "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come," we find that Snow is not an oathbreaker.

Here we explain how:

Given that the Night's Watch oath contains the line, "It shall not end until my death,", it's pretty obvious that Snow has, in fact, not broken his oath since he died at his post at the end of Season 5.

This wasn't the first time in GoT that Snow seemed to have broken his oath. When Jon Snow hooked up with Ygritte in Season 3, the Wildlings and some among the Night's Watch too believed that he had broken his oath. But since Snow has not lawfully taken Ygritte as his wife, once again no oath breaking happened.

Jon Snow's "My watch has ended" dialogue also caused some buzz on internet:

























Other key developments from Episode 3:

  • Bran Stark is still under the tree, channeling visions of the past. This time he saw his father, Ned Stark, fighting along with Meer's father. The scene also involved Mad King's son Rhaegar Targaryen -who had kidnapped his sister. The Game of Thrones novel "A Song of Ice and Fire" suggests that Targaryen prince had raped Ned Stark's sister, Lady Lyyana, and that Jon Snow was their son. This seems to have been carefully covered up by Lord Stark who always introduced Snow as his bastard.

  • Sansa Stark is now out of danger after escaping Winterfell in the second episode and Rickon, her brother, has taken her place as Ramsay Bolton's captive.

  • Arya Stark is still learning to become No One and has cleared yet another stage in her transformation. The many faced god has given her eyes back to her, after Arya's extraordinary fight against the trainer girl.

  • Queen Daenerys Targaryen, the mother of dragons, has been carried to the Dothraki's city of widows. Apparently, she will stay there for some time, till someone comes to her rescue.

  • In the absence of Daenerys Targaryen, Lord Varys and Tyrion Lannister have somehow identified those responsible of creating chaos in the city of Mereen.

  • At King's Landing, Cersie is back to her political games and has created a secret army of whisperers through the Maester, who has treated the Mountain as well. Meanwhile, the naive King Tommen Baratheone is still helpless against the High Sparrow.


That's all for this week in Game of Thrones. Keep following us for more crazy updates on all your favorite shows!

Ali Zain is a member of the staff at Daily Pakistan Global. He earned BS Communication Studies degree from University of the Punjab. His thesis titled "Cultural Continuity and Mass Media: An analysis of leading online newspapers of Pakistan" has been published as a book in Germany. He has also translated David Mathews' book "The Ecology of Democracy" into Urdu. He tweets at @alimaan.

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Today Open Market Currency Rates in Pakistan - PKR to US Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal - 10 May 2024

Pakistani rupee rates against US Dollar and other currencies on May 10, 2024 (Friday) in open market.

USD to PKR rate today

US dollar was being quoted at 277.15 for buying and 280.15 for selling.

Euro stands at 295.5 for buying and 298.2 for selling while British Pound rate is 344 for buying, and 347.5 for selling.

UAE Dirham AED was at 75 and Saudi Riyal came down to 73.3.

Today’s currency exchange rates in Pakistan - 10 May 2024

Source: Forex Association of Pakistan. (last update 09:00 AM)
Currency Symbol Buying Selling
US Dollar ‎USD 277.15 280.15
Euro EUR 295.5 298.2
UK Pound Sterling GBP 344 347.5
U.A.E Dirham AED 75 75.5
Saudi Riyal SAR 73.3 74
Australian Dollar AUD 180.5 182.5
Bahrain Dinar BHD 739.61 747.61
Canadian Dollar CAD 203 205
China Yuan CNY 38.43 38.83
Danish Krone DKK 40.16 40.56
Hong Kong Dollar HKD 35.6 35.95
Indian Rupee INR 3.34 3.45
Japanese Yen JPY 1.91 1.99
Kuwaiti Dinar KWD 904.67 913.67
Malaysian Ringgit MYR 58.71 59.31
New Zealand Dollar NZD 166.93 168.93
Norwegians Krone NOK 25.69 25.99
Omani Riyal OMR 722.52 730.52
Qatari Riyal ‎QAR 76.44 77.14
Singapore Dollar SGD 204 206
Swedish Korona SEK 25.79 26.09
Swiss Franc CHF 306.4 308.9
Thai Bhat THB 7.56 7.71

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