Another update from my local member of parliament (MP) for anyone who submitted their passports in mid-November 2014, also on a side note, everyone please do contact your local MPs to get updates because CIC replies to their inquiries much more quickly than they answer our inquiries, the MPs cannot help expedite your cases but they can provide helpful updates on the status of your application.
My MP sent an e-mail to the Islamabad office to find out when my husband would receive his passport back (his passport reached the Islamabad office on November 18, 2014). Islamabad replied to my MP that his case will be finalized this week, and my MP also offered to do a follow up e-mail to Islamabad this Friday to ensure that the passport has been sent back to my husband and provide us with a date of when he can be expected to receive it

InshaAllah this means that those who submitted their passports in mid-November should receive them back soon! Best of luck to you all!