The strike has also been backed by transporters and both the factions of Hurriyat Conference (HC) and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
NIA has summoned Mr Khan and a Kashmir University (KU) student, Aala Fazili, to appear before it on today in connection with terror funding case.
Meanwhile, authorities have imposed restrictions under Section 144 CrPC in the areas falling under the jurisdiction of five police stations of M R Gunj, Nowhatta, Khanyar, Safa Kadal and Rainawari since early this morning to maintain law and order.
Police officials told UNI that barring these places there is no restriction in any part of the valley.
However, shops and business establishments were closed though good number of private vehicles and cabs, besides three-wheelers, were plying in civil lines and uptown Srinagar.
Business activities remained crippled in main business hubs of the city, including historic Lal Chowk, the nerve-centre of summer capital, Budshah Chowk, Regal Chowk, Maisuma, Hari Singh High Street (HSHS), Batmaloo, Moulana Azad Road, Residency Road and Dalgate.
Security forces, wearing bullet proof jackets and holding weapons and lathis in their hands, were seen patrolling some sensitive areas in Srinagar city to prevent any untoward incident.
Additional security forces have been deployed on Moulana Azad road, the route being used by VIPs and top bureaucrats to Civil Secretariat, seat of the government in the summer capital.
A report from Baramulla said life was crippled in this and other north Kashmir towns and tehsil headquarters, where shops were closed and traffic was off the road in support of the strike. Additional security forces have been deployed in entire north Kashmir to prevent any law and order problem. Security forces were also seen guarding the Srinagar-Baramulla road, particularly at Pattan to prevent any stone pelting.
Life was also affected in central Kashmir district of Budgam and Ganderbal, where shops and business establishments remained closed though some private vehicles and inter-district cabs were plying on some routes.
Hundreds of security forces and state police personnel were deployed in major towns and tehsil headquarters to maintain law and order in south Kashmir today, said a report from Anantnag, where business and other activities were crippled as shops were closed and traffic was off the roads.
Normal life was crippled in other parts of south Kashmir, including Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian in support of the strike call.
However, traffic was plying normally on Srinagar-Jammu national highway though security forces remained deployed in strength to prevent any protests.
Official sources said that Mr Khan and Mr Fazili have been directed to appear before the investigation agency at its headquarter in New Delhi on Monday.
The NIA has already arrested over a dozen separatist leaders and businessmen in connection with terror funding from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
The arrests followed raids conducted by the NIA at the residence of over a dozen separatist leaders, including spokesman of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference (HC), sons of hardline HC chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelan, his son in law and National Front (NF) chief Nayeem Ahmad Khan, who allegedly admitted during a sting operation that separatists were receiving money from abroad for terror and stone pelting activities. Khan, was later expelled from the hardline HC.
The NIA also questioned Kashmir Bar Association (KBA) president Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoum who alter later given a clean chit.
Two youths, including a photo-journalist were also arrested in connection with funding stone pelting in south Kashmir, evoking massive protests from media organizations here. UNI
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