Shallow Water! I wish to congratulate you on your success and hope you rise and shine in your further endeavours as well inshAllah. I just registered here, but since I took my first attempt with 2010 exams, I had a similar experience as your friends' who emailed you.

On the instructions page for this year's forms, it said that the first page (the one with candidate's picture on it) can be faxed to FPSC by January 1 and then within ten working days the rest of the documents can be mailed. I was told that they did accept the faxed first page on January 1st, and the rest of the documents can just be mailed. Please ask your friend by what date did he submit his papers. I have heard of a case earlier where a candidate's result was withheld due to late submission and he had to appeal to the chairman of FPSC. He did get his result but unfortunately he hadn't even passed. And when did he get this letter by fpsc? since this indicates that the result is due within a few days inshAllah.

Peace.